Re: Add new users/accounts

From: Christian Mainardi (Christian.Mainardi@icn.siemens.it)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2000 - 11:22:08 CEST


Gerhard Thimm wrote:

> The basic idea of mulinux is one diskette, one (root)user, many pcs.
>
> So you can manage a lot of pcs with one diskette to
> try/install/configure something.
>
> As I know, mulinux is not designed for "different"-multiuser. For a long
> time no password was necassary, because there was no login. Now I mean
> to remember, there is a real /etc/login, but i newer used/tried it.
>
> The "hard way" to add an account for a new user is to "vi" a new entry
> in /etc/passwd und create a new directory for the user. Do not forget to
> chown the new user-home-dir. Perhaps you need some .profiles, .xyzrc.
> typically located in /etc/skel in the big linuxes. To change the passwd,
> /usr/bin/passwd is also needed.
>
> Perhaps someone can answer more exactly for mulinux
> Gerhard
>
> Christian schrieb:
> >
> > I'm newbie, I've installed muLinux (umsdos) successfully within all
> > available packages. After the whole setup a I tried to find a way to add
> > a new users/account right now but commands like "adduser" o "useradd"
> > seems not present. Dir. /sbin/ are "empty"like many others, there is
> > only one file... Inside X I tried to looking for a some tools to help me
> > but no results......uhmmm I'm thinking, I'm not able to use it!
> >
> > Please, need futher helps ! Thanx
> >
> > (Ps: pardon my bad english...)
> >
> > Christian Mainardi
> >
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  Thanks, I'll try to working on...keep on wait.

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