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Sorry, Rob.) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joel Rees <joel.r...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [help-a-newb] adduser okay? (problem with authenticating with gui users-groups manager) To: Rob Owens <row...@ptd.net> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Rob Owens <row...@ptd.net> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:19:45PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Joel Rees <joel.r...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Nuts. I keep forgetting the list when using google's webmail. >> > >> > On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 7:10 PM, Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Saturday 19 March 2011 05:50:19 Joel Rees wrote: >> >>> After that, I can't >> >>> authenticate with the gui tool. >> >> >> >> Which version of Debian? Which DE or WM? >> >> >> > Squeeze, installed from the netinstall CD with the default desktop >> > collection, in a gnome session. >> > >> > I should have got the name of the utility while I had squeeze booted. >> > I'd be posting this from a squeeze account if I could make a non-admin >> > account to do it with. >> > >> >> Speaking of which, are the command line user/group management tools >> (adduser, etc.) going to leave something undone if I use them instead? >> Or, if I use vipw and hand-copy the bash skeleton, for a user, am I >> going to regret it later? >> > Last time I used it, adduser did not add a user to all the default > groups that the GUI does. You'll need to do that manually. cool Once I figure out how to get the GUI authentication for that tool to work again, I'll compare. Succeeded in using adduser to get a normal enough user to read the web from, so I can work while I try to figure the bug out. (Not only do I refrain from getting on the web in root, but I also avoid the web with sudo-enabled admin users.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktin-sxe7vetys99juv+oy6jhwbehvvq7w-hau...@mail.gmail.com
