Re: RH 5.0 Metro X question

[Andrew Taylor <andy hot-shot com>]

I'm a linux virgin to, the easiest way to do it is by typing:

adduser <username>

at the command prompt, then typying

passwd <username>

this will allow you (root) to change a users password.

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Hecker <ken_h primenet com>
To: Redhat Install <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Date: Sunday, April 05, 1998 6:04 AM
Subject: RH 5.0 Metro X question


>Hi!
>
>I'm a newbie who is fighting with Linux.  Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Although I have RH 5.0 running, I'm trying to follow the method of adding
>users through the Control Panel.  Unfortunately, while the Dummies books
>says to type a command in an xterm window to bring up the control panel, I
>don't seem to be able to get a cursor inside the window.  What am I doing
>wrong?  Clicking inside the window with the mouse cursor doesn't seem to
>work.  Is this a silly assumption of a Windows person? :(
>
>I've tried adding users through a bash command line adduser command, but
>that hasn't seemed to have worked.  I got my user id set up, but missed
>adding the password, and now don't seem to be able to add it to the id.
>
>
>Ken
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