Subject: Re: Making new accounts
From: Robert Fout (rfout@mahi.damien.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 02 2000 - 21:09:44 MST
adduser <username> (put the login name you want here)
then go:
passwd <username> (give that user a password)
then you can logout, and login as that new user
Bob
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> From: Geof Gowan <geofg@clas.ufl.edu>
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 22:55:02 -0500 (EST)
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Making new accounts
>
> Umm, how do I make a new account? I feel silly always logging in as root.
>
> This may seem like a simple question, but I've looked around for a couple
> of days for a HOWTO or man page on this and, since I'm not even sure what
> the command is, I have had no luck.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -Geof
>
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> Geof Gowan geofg@clas.ufl.edu
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