Subject: Re: Making new accounts
From: Jim Cole (greyleaf@yggdrasill.net)
Date: Thu Mar 02 2000 - 21:18:08 MST
Hi - In the simplest case, just do the following as root...
/usr/sbin/adduser <username>
passwd <username>
If you want to have more control over the way the account is constructed,
try doing a man adduser.
Jim
Geof Gowan's bits of Thu, 2 Mar 2000 translated to:
>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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