From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.8 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_06_12, DMARC_MISSING,INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from [202.68.136.155] (helo=crux.seascope.co.in) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15IReU-00012c-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2001 03:11:56 -0600 Received: from gnuos.org (crux.seascope.co.in [202.68.136.155]) by crux.seascope.co.in (Postfix on SuSE Linux 7.1 (i386)) with ESMTP id 30D2B48AC1; Fri, 6 Jul 2001 14:48:35 +0530 (IST) Message-ID: <3B458269.3070300@gnuos.org> From: Prakash Shetty aka Crux Organization: Cruxware User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.4.5-4GB i686; en-US; rv:0.9.1) Gecko/20010607 Netscape6/6.1b1 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Cc: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] adduser_help References: <3B458321.CACCA989@utoronto.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri Jul 6 03:12:04 2001 X-Original-Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 14:48:33 +0530 X-Archives-Salt: e40ad8b9-8e3d-4389-bd64-0849e1c4b4eb X-Archives-Hash: ed3579805e7077b7205f5eee602440d1 Dear Karshi, useradd -m -G users,wheel foo -d /home/foo Best Regards Prakash Shetty Karshi wrote: > It might sound very simple, but I am having hard time to add a user. >It creates a user but does not allow to login. Also, it says that "-d" >option is not supported use "-m" >command, when I tried to create a home directory for a user. > > Can you tell me what's the best/right way of using adduser command? >I am still logging in as a root. >Thanks > > >_______________________________________________ >gentoo-dev mailing list >gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org >http://cvs.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev >