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authorWarren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org>2016-04-23 22:57:54 +0000
committerWarren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org>2016-04-23 22:57:54 +0000
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Add a single example of adding a user that roughly corresponds with the
adduser example in the Handbook. MFC after: 1 week
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diff --git a/pw/pw.8 b/pw/pw.8
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd March 27, 2016
+.Dd April 23, 2016
.Dt PW 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -954,6 +954,18 @@ Pw default options file
.It Pa /var/log/userlog
User/group modification logfile
.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+Add new user Glurmo Smith (gsmith).
+A gsmith login group is created if not already present.
+The login shell is set to
+.Xr csh 1 .
+A new home directory at
+.Pa /home/gsmith
+is created if it does not already exist.
+Finally, a random password is generated and displayed:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+pw useradd -n gsmith -c "Glurmo Smith" -s /bin/csh -m -w random
+.Ed
.Sh EXIT STATUS
The
.Nm