Adding users

Abbaddon · 09-01-2004, 04:57 AM

I'm running slack 10.0 I know the command to add a user is adduser

But when I add an account i can't do anything, not even startx
What permissions should I give the account? this account is going to be for me so I don't have to use root

Please help

sether · 09-01-2004, 05:16 AM

normally adduser and a simple setup should work. you dont need anything special. in fact, all you really need is to enter the new user name and create a password, nothing else.

can you login with the new user you create? can you run any programs? can you startx in root?

Abbaddon · 09-01-2004, 05:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sether
normally adduser and a simple setup should work. you dont need anything special. in fact, all you really need is to enter the new user name and create a password, nothing else.

can you login with the new user you create? can you run any programs? can you startx in root?

Yeah, I can login but I can't run anything. And yes I can run startx in root.

sether · 09-01-2004, 05:23 AM

what options did you configure for the new user in adduser?

Abbaddon · 09-01-2004, 05:24 AM

Nothing, I just just pressed enter

sether · 09-01-2004, 05:26 AM

no username or password?

Abbaddon · 09-01-2004, 05:27 AM

That's the only thing I did.

sether · 09-01-2004, 05:30 AM

i've installed slack on several machines and have never had that problem. something you configured in the install that's causing the problem? i'm sorry, i don't know.