From: indiana@panix.com (William Che) Subject: Questions about creating a new login ID. Date: 7 Aug 1993 03:38:00 GMT
I'm curious to know if it's necessary to create new user IDs if I'll be
the only one to use Linux on my PC? I just installed Linux (disks a, b c)
and have been login as root. I tried creating a new ID by following what is
written in the FAQ file and from articles posted in this group. I seem to
have missed something because the new user doesn't have any permission to
even create a file in its home directory. Here's what I did:
I first modify /etc/passwd file and added the line
indiana::200:17:William Che:/users/indiana:/bin/bash
Then I do:
mkdir /users/indiana
chgrp 17 /users/indiana
chown indiana /users/indiana
After that, I open another session with Alt-F2, and login as 'indiana.'
Everything's fine until when I tried to create a directory. For some
reason, I don't have enought permission. :(
Also, I'd like to know if the program 'term' is a communication program,
or do I only use it to download files? If 'term' is not a communication
program, then can anyone recognment one? I need it to login to my UNIX
account and get the latest patch files for LINUX.
Thanks in advance.