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Is there a way to perform additional tasks every time a new user is created with adduser(8) in FreeBSD?

To be more precise, i'd like to create a directory for every new user and map this user with pdbedit(8) to the SAM database.

Some Linux distributions like debian/ubuntu provide a handy way to solve this problem. If a script called /usr/local/sbin/adduser.local exists, it'll be executed after a new user has been created:

#!/bin/bash mkdir /srv/samba/$1 chown $1:$2 /srv/samba/$1 chmod 775 /srv/samba/$1

How would I do this using FreeBSD?

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    Having glanced through the source, the simple answer is probably no. But since adduser(8) is a shell script, you could easily extend it. Alternatively, use your bash script to make a call to adduser(8) or pw(8) first. Commented May 18, 2020 at 15:01
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    Another way is to write a daemon that would use kevent syscall to monitor changes to /etc/passwd file and react on them. Commented May 19, 2020 at 7:56
  • On Unix systems, they are "directories" and not the Windows-ism of "folders" which is not the same thing. Commented May 19, 2020 at 10:10

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I followed Richard Smiths suggestion and solved my problem with a very simple shell script, which calls adduser(8) as well as pdbedit(8) and creates the corresponding directory.

#!/bin/sh user=$1 # create user and add to SAM database adduser $user pdbedit -a $user # create private samba directory mkdir /srv/samba/$user chown $user:$user /srv/samba/$user chmod 775 /srv/samba/$user
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