Hi,
This is what I do....
1 - Login as Root.
2 - 'useradd barry'
3 - 'mkdir /home/barry'
4 - 'passwd barry'
Then you will have to change the ownership and group
of that directory '/home/barry', as it will belong to
root. The permissions will need some look after also.
I'm sure that there are better ways, but it works for me!
Cheers,
Barry.
-----Original Message-----
From: Razvan Sandu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 20/mm/2000 12:56
To: Akintayo Holder
Cc: Archana Bharathidasan; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Adding a non-priviledged user account
Do you use the "passwd" command AFTER you add that user? In you are trying
to log in using a valid username, with password not set up, you'll fail
for sure ! :-)
Regards,
Razvan
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On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Akintayo Holder wrote:
> Archana Bharathidasan wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to know in detail the steps to add a non-priviledged user
account in linux. Useradd doesnt work...it adds the newuser to the passwd
file but I am not able to login using that name and password. Please help!
> if you have redhat there is linuxconf (i think) since it is part of the
> gnome desktop other distros should have and I imagine kde has a similar
> program.
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