new user failure

[Ant2ne]

ant2ne@ant2ne-laptop:/$ sudo useradd teamxx
ant2ne@ant2ne-laptop:/$ sudo passwd teamxx
Enter new UNIX password:[b]abc123[/b]
Retype new UNIX password:[b]abc123[/b]
passwd: password updated successfully
ant2ne@ant2ne-laptop:/$exit

K->Logout then Restart the X Server as the login screen
Enter User Name "teamxx"
Enter Password "abc123"
Error Message Box: Could not start kstartupconfig check your installation.
Clicking OK sends me back to the login screen and I relog in with ant2ne succesfully

[Snowhog]

Re: new user failure

You might want to utilize the adduser command instead of useradd if you are going to manage user accounts from the command line.

If you don't want to go into K Menu | System Settings | User Management once your new user is created to assign secondary groups, you can edit the /etc/adduser.conf file and uncomment:

#EXTRA_GROUPS="dialout cdrom floppy audio src video lp src users"

This will then assign these groups to the newly added user.

[Ant2ne]

Re: new user failure

ant2ne@ant2ne-laptop:~$ sudo adduser teamxx
Password:
adduser: The user `teamxx' already exists.

It seems that teamxx exists, but I can't log in with them wihtout the above error.

[askrieger]

Re: new user failure

The first thing to try would be to see if you can repair the damage with K>SystemSettings>UserManagement. If not, go back to the konsole and use "sudo deluser --removehome teamxx teamxx". That removes the user and group. Then use adduser. Please read the manpages for both commands before starting.