Kenton Brede wrote: > I've written the following subroutine to snag the next available UID > in the 700 range from /etc/passwd. I then use the return value with > "useradd" to add a new user.
Note that this algorithm contains a race condition. Between the scan of /etc/passwd and the call to useradd, that user id may be allocated. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>