On Thu, 4 Aug 2022 13:23:11 -0400 Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote:
> sudo adduser --shell $USERSHELLPATH --disabled-password --gecos "" > $USERNAME > > That's your first command line. --gecos expects a value. You are > literally supplying no value. > > Why don't you leave the --gecos "" out entirely, if you aren't > going to populate it with a human-readable name? I'll second this one, and add, you should quote variable names in order to avoid spaces in the variables screwing things up. So: "$USERNAME", not $USERNAME. What happens if the user name is Fred Flintstone? Of course we don't see how, if at all, you've qualified your inputs so this suggestion may be moot. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
