From: Matthew Kennedy <mkennedy@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] possible confusion...
Date: 21 Sep 2002 11:43:36 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878z1vuwcn.fsf@gentoo.shacknet.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200209211522.g8LFMnM04447@localhost.localdomain>
adam <adam@littleboxes.com> writes:
> howdy...i was just reading through the FAQ and noticed the following:
>
> ===========================
> How do i add a normal user?
>
> Everyone seems to think that i shouldn't be using root for everyday use, how
> can i add another user?
>
> The command adduser gentoo will add a user called gentoo. The next step is to
> give this user a password and passwd will do exactly that.
> ===========================
>
> if i'm root, and i type these commands as you have outlined them here, i will
> change the root password only, unless gentoo has modified adduser to su to
> the added user by default...
The man page for passwd describes this, but basically:
$ passwd
Changes the password for whatever user you are.
$ passwd username
Changes the password for "username".
Matt
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