[X-Unix] Backdoor method to add users

Barry Lyden blyden at mac.com
Sat Feb 21 07:19:48 PST 2004


max number of users on a UNIX system is usually a kernel tunable 
parameter.

You could always add users to the system with the vipw command.



On Feb 21, 2004, at 7:06 AM, Alex wrote:

>
> On Friday, Feb 20, 2004, at 12:59 Canada/Eastern, Mike Jezierski wrote:
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>> I am not aware of any hard limit on OS X on number of users.
>
> Good question -- what's the max number of users? There must be a limit.
>
>> Any backdoor method to add users from the terminal?
>
> Don't know about Terminal, but have you tried NetInfo Manager?
>
> f
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