[newbie] Setting up a new user account remotely

2001-04-02 Thread Jennifer Davis
Hi, I was wondering how one goes about creating a new account from the console with Mandrake 7.2 (probably other versions as well). On Slackware, which is what I have my server on, it is easy, I just type adduser and answer the questions. With Mandrake it seems more complex. if I

Re: [newbie] Setting up a new user account remotely

2001-04-02 Thread Jesse C. Chang
I don't know if it has the interactive thing that Slackware does, but you can try reading up on 'man useradd'. Jesse -- !! Jesse C. Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [___] `|' "I have the simplest tastes. I am always /|\ satisfied with the best." -- Oscar Wilde

RE: [newbie] Setting up a new user account remotely

2001-04-02 Thread Charles A Edwards
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 5:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] dos and Linux Lee wrote: Hi folks.. A Linux virgin here. I have LM7.2 on a separate