System->Administration->Users and Group tool "mismatch" with adduser tool?

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Tue Aug 18 20:16:19 UTC 2009


Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> Being an "old fart", I am used to adding users
> with the old adduser tool and I noticed that in
> doing so, using the System->Administrator->User and Groups
> tool does not even "see" the newly added users & groups.
> 
> So, how does one go about forcing this Gui tool into seeing
> what is in the /etc/passwd,group & shadow files?
> 
> Thanks!
> Dan
> 
Dumb question - are you adding UIDs and GIDs greater then 500?
If not, you will need to uncheck the Hide System Users and Groups
checkbox in order to see them.

Mikkel
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