adding new users

[xxx]

ok, please go easy on me. :(

All I want to do is add a new user. I'm logged in as root.

I use : adduser -p test1 test1

This adds a new user with the userid of test1 all right, but there's no password. Seems to me the password should be test1, but it isn't. I checked /etc/passwd and the user is of course listed, but ironically enough, this file contains no passwords. Lots of useful information though, on all users, just no passwords. The man page says this should work. I'm using Redhat 7. What the heck am I doing wrong?

[sad_b0i]

change as root

type linuxconf

from there u can add users

edit: type linuxconf in a terminal

[ 25 July 2001: Message edited by: sad_b0i ]

[Iassen]

You can assign password to this user with

passwd <username>

;)