[gentoo-dev] adduser_help

[gentoo-dev] adduser_help

[Karshi]

 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

Re: [gentoo-dev] adduser_help

[Prakash Shetty aka Crux]

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
>
>
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Re: [gentoo-dev] adduser_help

[Achim Gottinger]

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
> 
useradd -m [username] # creates the homedir for the user
if you want to allow the user to su you must ad -G users.wheel like
prakash described

bye achim~

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