[SOLVED] Can't apply New User password

[utherpendragonfly]

On my new installation of Kubuntu 11.10 I created a new user account for my wife, but when I fill in password, with 'valid until always' checked, when I click on 'apply', nothing happens.
The only info I can find is this forum post: http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3115856.0
But that seems a little dodgey. I want to make sure I don't reset my own password!
Does anyone know how to do this?

[dtr]

Re: Can't apply New User password

I've ran into this problem too. Somehow I managed to get it to work but I can't remember the exact things I did to get it to work. I know this is no help - so here is what you can do, use Kuser and set her password there - then she can change it later once she logs in.

You might need to install kuser - the fastest way is just to open the terminal and type: sudo apt-get install kuser

Or you can also just use the user management in system settings - you can set the password there too.

[utherpendragonfly]

Re: Can't apply New User password

I am using User Management, and when I put her password in and click 'Apply' absolutely nothing happens.
I imagine lots of people create other user accounts. How do they do it?
I don't know what Kuser is, but I'll check it out. Thanks.

[matuskap]

Re: Can't apply New User password

Im not usre if i understand you correctly. Im sorry if im telling u anything u already know. Yry to change password via terminal by:

sudo passwd "username"

You will be asked for root password and then a new password for specified account.

Once u create user U can change his password anytime via this command. And if you have trouble with account itself, u can do the whle process yourself.

To create user (if GUI fails you) u can type

sudo adduser "username"

then create his homefolder

sudo mkdir /home/"username"

pass ownership to this new user with

chown "username" /home/"username"

and finally assign this home to user

sudo usermod -d /home/"username"

That should be all.

[utherpendragonfly]

Re: Can't apply New User password

Thanks for the reply. I knew about the command line method of adduser/useradd, but I was hoping for a GUI method at do it.
I installed Kuser and it worked great! I had no trouble setting a password for the new user account with that.

[OneLine]

Re: [SOLVED] Can't apply New User password

Here the User Management is working without problems.

System Settings > User Management > Password Query

[img width=400 height=174]http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5462/screen20120107002406.png[/img]


Add a new user.

[img width=400 height=298]http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/5486/screen20120107002627.png[/img]

Password/Security tab
Give a temporary password. You are required to change your password when you make the first login. Clik OK.

[img width=400 height=382]http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1344/screen20120107002915.png[/img]


There should be a new user. Here it is.

[img width=400 height=297]http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/4793/screen20120107003151.png[/img]


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Topic: SOLVED: Problems setting up new user account / http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3117072.0

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[utherpendragonfly]

Re: [SOLVED] Can't apply New User password

That's interesting. I did everything it shows, but my Password/Security Tab had 'OK', 'Apply' and 'Cancel' buttons at the bottom. 'Apply' did nothing, and when I clicked 'OK' it didn't seem to make a password. Maybe the example was an older version?
With Kuser it gave Password input line and you had to enter the new password a second time, as I would have expected, to create it.