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

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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Old 08-29-2001
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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Old 08-29-2001
Tools
to change password
#passwd
to add user
#useradd -d <homedir> -g <group>|staff (-m) -s /bin/ksh|/bin/rksh <username>
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Old 09-10-2001
MySQL
Thanks guys
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Old 09-11-2001
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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Old 09-11-2001
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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Old 09-11-2001
And also don't forget to change it on a regular basis, just in case someone has found it out.
 
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