On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 23:41 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote: > > ---- > > useradd -p PASSWORD -m roger > > ^ needs a ^ > > space | > > | what are you trying to accomplish here? > > The web page where I got the command said I needed it. Said it was to > create a home directory. > > In any case, I tried: > useradd -p password testguy > > and I still can't log in at the GUI prompt with the username "testguy" > and the password "password". > > Do I have to specify to set up a Gnome interface for the user or > something like that? ---- I just do useradd testguy -g dom_users # primary group passwd testguy and have no problems - but that is a two step process. I was worried about the '-m' option to use an already screwed up profile as a template which would continue the issue. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.