Including spaces in adduser command

[Jeremy Lavergne]

> I'm busy testing a Portfile in which I have to use the adduser command
> to add a user account to the system. My recipe looks like this:
>
> post-destroot {
>  addgroup nsd
>  adduser nsd gid=nsd shell=/sbin/nologin home=${prefix}/var/db/nsd
> realname=NSD User
> }
>
> However, when the account is created on the system, its real name is
> set to just "NSD". So I tried putting quotes around "NSD User", but
> then the real name is set to "NSD. That's right, a single quote,
> followed by the words NSD. I also tried it with a backslash before the
> space, NSD\ User, but then I get the backspace in the real name.
>
> How can I get adduser to create the account with the string "NSD User"
> as the real name? Am I missing something obvious? I'm using Macports
> 1.710.

If it works like I suspect, you might try using {NSD User}.

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