Re: Trouble with new user

[J Horacio MG <homega@vlc.servicom.es>]

Fine, I see you both (and others in various posts) advice on using
adduser instead of useradd ... ???

But adduser is for adding an "existing" user to a group ... !!!  or is
it?

Uh, well, I'll try it, but I guess I'll have to userdel before and make
sure it deletes all traces of the newly created user.

Thanks a lot, guys!

tyler spivey and David Wright said:

> use adduser. 
> it gives nice prompts and always works

> Perhaps you typed the wrong password? Try setting the password again
> from root with passwd -u and then have another go. Case of letters
> is significant.
> 
> BTW, adduser is easier, I find, than useradd.
> [ ... ]
> Check man useradd and the switches you used. Then use adduser?
> I don't know about the oddly named file.

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Horacio
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