I m not so sure if I sent this mail earlier..if it s the case, really sorry:
>
>Hi,
>Yes, I know that I should use the adduser utility. But my goal is
>to try understanding what I do, so pls help me with following problem:
>I wanna add user marge on my redhat 5.0(kernel 2.0.32) box.
>I went it /etc/passwd and added followin line:
>marge::500:500:Marge Home:/home/marge:/bin/bash,
>Then I went in /etc/group and added marge to the line users::100:,
>so it became :
>users::100:marge
>In /etc/group, I also added followin line:
>marge::500:marge.
>Of course I did /bin/mkdir /home/marge..but when I went settin the passwd
of marge with command passwd marge, it asks me twice for the
>unix and confirm new unix passwd before it gives me error:
>passwd:USER NOT KNOWN FOR THE UNDERLYING AUTHENTIFICATION MODULE.
>I fought back, and /bin/chown -R marge /home/marge, and /bin/chgrp -R
marge /home/marge.
>It gave error could not found marge.
>So, I figured there s a problem in /etc/passwd and /etc/group and
played..played around by getting out marge from users::100:marge for
ie..and just living in /etc/group the line:
>marge::500:marge.
>or did the reverse thing..even checked if /home/marge existed..and yes,
/home/marge exists with the /etc/skel ccomponents inside such as
.bashrc..etc..and all the xpected stuuff..but I still got same error.
>
>Thanks for time and sonsideration
>
>Sony
