Cannot Create New User

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

Jim Farrell wrote:

>At the first boot up I was
>asked to create a user so I typed in the information.  When I went to
>run Linux again the user name and pw were not accepted so I logged in
>as root.  When I looked at the user list (in User Manager) it was
>empty.  Now here is the strange thing.  I add the user jim and input
>a pw in the Create New User gui.  When I click on OK the hour glass
>just keeps going and going and going ... .  I have left the house and
>come back over two hours later and the new user is still not created!
> 
>What am I missing here?  Where should I start to look?  Obviously I
>do not want to keep  running Linux as root.  I would appreciate your
>help.
>

- you should update your  system-config-users package

(which version is available)
$ rpm -q system-config-users
system-config-users-1.2.25-1
$ rhn-applet-tui | grep config
system-config-users                      1.2.27          0.fc3.1

(update eg. with yum)
# yum update system-config-users


- you can create a user as root
# useradd jim
# passwd jim


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shrek-m