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Old 08-29-2001
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Question How do I Create a New Username

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I am new at Unix and need to setup a username and password, I currently login as root and use the password saturn. I wish to change this password and create more.....help
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To change your password type passwd in the terminal (or shell), to add another user type useradd. You can see description of any command by using the man command, so try man useradd...
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to change password
#passwd
to add user
#useradd -d <homedir> -g <group>|staff (-m) -s /bin/ksh|/bin/rksh <username>
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Now you should change your root password, since everyone knows it now. Also, next time don't tell anyone what the root password is.
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And don't forget to use a more complicated password with numbers and special symbols so they can't be easily guessed.
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And also don't forget to change it on a regular basis, just in case someone has found it out.
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