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- From: sundaram@egr.msu.edu (Divya Sundaram)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: HELP: Problems with adding users ....
- Date: 5 Jan 1993 07:08:40 GMT
- Organization: Michigan State University, College of Engineering
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- Hi,
-
- I just installed the SLS 0.99 release and am having troubles adding users.
- I add users using:
- useradd ...
- chpasswd ...
-
- and lo, the user is created and I have managed to set their passwd.
-
- BUT, I cannot "finger" them, nor can they use elm etc... and they cannot
- reset thier passwords and moreover, I cannot do a 'su'. I get a invalid uid
- or cannot find uid error meessage.
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- I do not know whether this is a linux problem, or something in the way I tried
- adding the users. I do not have the adduser program, and I do not have any
- knowledge of how to run the 'mkpasswd' program that is supposed to be run after
- adding users.
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- Thanks
-
- Divya
- (sundaram@egr.msu.edu)
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- Thanks
- Divya
- (sundaram@cps.msu.edu)
- Phone: Office - 517-355-3265
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