Difference between revisions of "Creating Users"
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substitute <username> with your desired username. | substitute <username> with your desired username. | ||
| − | login: root | + | login: root |
| − | password: (your root password) | + | password: (your root password) |
| − | useradd -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash <username> | + | useradd -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash <username> |
| − | passwd <username> | + | passwd <username> |
| − | Password: <enter your password here> | + | Password: <enter your password here> |
| − | Re-enter password: <enter your password here> | + | Re-enter password: <enter your password here> |
your user account should now be created. Next, we will emerge sudo, | your user account should now be created. Next, we will emerge sudo, | ||
Revision as of 19:11, 3 December 2010
congratulations! you now have a working gentoo linux system. before we get started on things, lets create a user account for you to work with. You should never have to log into the root account ever again after this. substitute <username> with your desired username.
login: root password: (your root password)
useradd -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash <username> passwd <username> Password: <enter your password here> Re-enter password: <enter your password here>
your user account should now be created. Next, we will emerge sudo,