Cannot Create New User
Richard E Miles
r.godzilla at comcast.net
Mon Nov 15 20:04:34 UTC 2004
> Hi,
>
> I am a Linux Newbie just trying to learn my way around.
>
> I just installed Fedora Core 3 on an Intel Pentium III 1 GHz PC that
> also runs Windows 2000. I went with the reiserfs.
>
> Anyway, the install went smoothly and I ran up2date. I did the MD5
> checks and the media check on all CDs. At the first boot up I was
> asked to create a user so I typed in the information. When I went to
> run Linux again the user name and pw were not accepted so I logged in
> as root. When I looked at the user list (in User Manager) it was
> empty. Now here is the strange thing. I add the user jim and input
> a pw in the Create New User gui. When I click on OK the hour glass
> just keeps going and going and going ... . I have left the house and
> come back over two hours later and the new user is still not created!
>
> What am I missing here? Where should I start to look? Obviously I
> do not want to keep running Linux as root. I would appreciate your
> help.
>
> Thanks,
To istall new users use system-config-users. It's a graphical interface to
adding new users and groups.
--
Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA.
registered linux user 46097
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