add user

Sifvion · 05-23-2002, 02:33 AM

i got it work thks alot

By the way at the 1st place i was able to just type adduser and it work but now i had to type /usr/sbin/adduser. DO you guys know why?

trickykid · 05-23-2002, 10:13 AM

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Originally posted by Sifvion
i got it work thks alot

By the way at the 1st place i was able to just type adduser and it work but now i had to type /usr/sbin/adduser. DO you guys know why?

apparently if you still have to type the full path, then /usr/sbin is not in your path.. that is why you would have to type the full path. to make it permanently, you need to either edit your /etc/profile or in the users home directory, edit .bashrc and or .bash_profile

ColdSun · 06-08-2002, 06:12 PM

I rebooted my system and im no longer able to do the following commands

groupadd
useradd

and what not..
for useradd the following works "/usr/sbin/adduser" but i was wondering how i could make it so i no longer need the location and just be able to do "useradd"

linuxcool · 06-08-2002, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ColdSun
I rebooted my system and im no longer able to do the following commands

groupadd
useradd

and what not..
for useradd the following works "/usr/sbin/adduser" but i was wondering how i could make it so i no longer need the location and just be able to do "useradd"

Are you running the command as root? Either log in as root or in a terminal run su -. If that doesn't work, maybe something is wrong with your PATH. Log in as root or run su - and then run echo $PATH to print out your path. See if /usr/sbin is listed. Post a copy of your PATH.

ColdSun · 06-09-2002, 05:00 AM

Thats strange when i went to check the info.. it worked fine now lol even before i changed anything

Sifvion · 06-09-2002, 09:24 AM

I open the terminal as user. Then i su to root account. but i cant use the adduser command. But if login as root at the 1st place i can use the command.
Any ideas?

linuxcool · 06-09-2002, 05:02 PM

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Originally posted by ColdSun
Thats strange when i went to check the info.. it worked fine now lol even before i changed anything

Sometimes things just mysteriously fix themselves.

linuxcool · 06-09-2002, 05:08 PM

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Originally posted by Sifvion
I open the terminal as user. Then i su to root account. but i cant use the adduser command. But if login as root at the 1st place i can use the command.
Any ideas?

If you're using su to become root, use su - instead. Using su, you inherit the user's environment. That includes the user's path and you need root's path to run ' adduser '. So, use su - to get root's path.

Sifvion · 06-11-2002, 08:45 AM

Thanks for the help!! it work!!

linuxcool · 06-12-2002, 04:26 AM

You're welcome.