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Re: Creating new user account
hmmmmmmm... did you set a password for the new user? (try passwd
<username>)
Gilad.
Ori Idan wrote:
>
> I have installed RedHat 5.2 on a pentium computer, installation went
> fine and I can login as root.
>
> I added a user using 'adduser' and I could do an 'su' to the new user.
> When I loged out and tried wrote this user name at the 'login:'
> prompt, I got the 'Incorrect login' message and again could login only
> as root.
> I am sure it is something trivial that I am missing.
>
> Ori Idan
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