Adding New Accounts & Changing Root Password

ps2repairpro · Post by **ps2repairpro** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:51 am

Well solved the password change problem passwd at the konsole. But how do I create a new user account. I have a redhat book that told me to use the command useradd and passwd. I created a user in this fashion and when I attempted to log on it said their home directory didn't exist

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I am using the KDE environment is there a way to do this through the GUI rather then the Konsole? I have no preference either way.

nobspangle · Post by **nobspangle** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 12:34 pm

you need to use the -m switch with useradd so that the home directory gets copied from /etc/skel you'll proabablly also want to make them a memeber of users, audio and wheel like this

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useradd -G users,audio,wheel -m username

If you've already set the user up you can create the home directory yourself like this

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cp -avx /etc/skel /home/username
chown username:users /home/username
chown -R username:users /home/username/*

ps2repairpro · Post by **ps2repairpro** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 3:13 pm

Ok thanks I can do it now. Since I'm replying with my Xbox

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ps2repairpro · Post by **ps2repairpro** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 4:12 pm

Success thanks alot

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SnAtcH · Post by **SnAtcH** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 8:47 am

login to webmin.. go to systems and there you'll see something named user management... the easiest way to create users

http://xbox:10000 (default)

Cheers