Re: Trouble with new user

1999-07-19 Thread J Horacio MG
Fine, I see you both (and others in various posts) advice on using adduser instead of useradd ... ??? But adduser is for adding an "existing" user to a group ... !!! or is it? Uh, well, I'll try it, but I guess I'll have to userdel before and make sure it deletes all traces of the newly created

Re: Trouble with new user

1999-07-19 Thread tyler spivey
use adduser. it gives nice prompts and always works [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, J Horacio MG wrote: > In an attempt to create a new user, with useradd command, the new user's > home directory was created, and so was the line in

Re: Trouble with new user

1999-07-19 Thread David Wright
Quoting J Horacio MG ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > In an attempt to create a new user, with useradd command, the new user's > home directory was created, and so was the line in /etc/passwd: > > usermaria:x:1001:100::/home/usermaria:/bin/bash > > But if I try to log in as such user: > > login: usermaria