how to add a user account

[cgallivan]

Hi there - I just finished installing mandrake ...and would like to know how to add a user account using gnome...thanks -

G.

[f'lar]

login as root using the password you set up during install. At the # prompt type adduser <username> (you don't need the < and > ). Then type passwd <username>, using the same username you just typed. Set your password. Don't worry if it says BAD password: you are root you can do anything, so remember that and be careful, and it will set the password anyway. Now logout and log back in using your new user.

login:root
password:

[root@localhost]#adduser cgallivan
useradded (something like that)
[root@localhost]#passwd cgallivan
Type new UNIX password:
Error. BAD password. Try again. (Something like that, almost everyone gets BAD password the first time)
ReType new UNIX password:
Password changed.
[root@localhost]#logout

{new screen}
login:cgallivan
password:

No new mail.
[cgallivan@localhost]$


[This message has been edited by f'lar (edited 15 January 2001).]

[cgallivan]

thanks very much man...