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-Natas-
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Post by -Natas- »

How do I add a user? On debian it is just adduser but that does not work on Gentoox. Also how can I change the password on the gentoox user? Thanks in advance for any help with this. :)
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Post by effbiai »

man useradd
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Post by nobspangle »

and you'll want
man passwd
to learn how to change passwords
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Post by -Natas- »

Thanks for the info...... :)

Still can't get it to work though, I must be too stupid or something. :?
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Post by nobspangle »

to add a normal user you'll want something like

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useradd username -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash
then to set their password (or to change someone elses)

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passwd username
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Post by -Natas- »

Thanks..... :)
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