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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 1:55 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Problem setting up new account
>On 22 Jun, Hugh wrote:
>Your question is pretty vague as I do not know what program or commands
>u are using to connect to the net...
>Creating an account on your box besides the root user is a good
>idea...u should always use this account for all your day-to-day
>things...and only su to root as and when u have to do things like
>install programs or run certain programs that require root access.
I believe he wants to creat a new user instead of login as root. This I
haven't learned yet either ;)
I remember I could do it with 5.0, but after updating to Mandrake, it seems
it defaults to root and gives no option (is it hidden?) to create a new
user.
Jeremy
