How do I add a new user??

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09-24-2003, 09:40 PM	#1
enigma Z Member Registered: Sep 2003 Location: The edge of the world, peering down into the dark abyss Distribution: Gentoo 2004.2 Posts: 224 Rep:	How do I add a new user?? Hey, how do I add a new user to the user list?? I have Slackware 9.0 and it only came with root, and didn't offer to me to setup any other users VITAL INFO: Distrobution: Slackware 9.0 Prefered Window Manager: KDE

09-24-2003, 09:42 PM	#2
Skyline Senior Member Registered: Jun 2003 Distribution: Debian/other Posts: 2,104 Rep:	Use the adduser utility as root.

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