useradd on bash gives me error


 
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Old 05-28-2010
Data useradd on bash gives me error

Hi everyone,
On executing the following command i always get this error
>useradd -c 'none' -s # -u 5001 -f 100 -m -g 'wheel' -d /home/phildpop

useradd: option requires an argument -- s
Try `useradd --help' or `useradd --usage' for more information.
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Old 05-28-2010
Code:
useradd -c 'none' -s '#' -u 5001 -f 100 -m -g 'wheel' -d /home/phildpop

although '#' is hardly a valid shell ...
 
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