Adding New User

[JoeE]

I would like to add a new user that will act as a team leader of a group. Therefore I would like to give him the right to add new members to his group or also remove members as required. Possible? TIA.

[APHRODITE007]

this can be done if this user i part of root /has root permissions.

[hugs_to_tux]

what u can do is as a root create a new user and give him whatever password u want and then as root edit the /etc/passwd file entry for the new user u have created.the chnages u will make is that u will have to make the uid and gid of this new user as 0 instead of whatever was given earlier.
this will give this user same rightrs as the root.
save the file and check by changing the user to this new user.
rate me if it made any sense.
saurabh

[Joeri Sebrechts]

I suggest you add the passwd, group, shadow and gshadow files to a special group (maybe admin, or something like that), and then add your user to this group. He'll be able to write to the password files and make changes.
I don't know if the adduser tool swill work that way, but that should get you somewhere already.