If your root type passwd username {enter}
if your root and want to change the root password just type passwd.
On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> Ok, the search for the usercfg command started when I realize that my
> NORMAL USER login name and passward allowed me to enter KDE but I can't
> access any of the programs (eg, x-term, KDE control panel). I click
> some of the buttons on the menu bar but nothing happened! I can access
> those program fine when I login as root.
>
> 1) Is there any reason why I can't access the apps as a normal user??
>
> 2) I am also wondering how I can add a user. I tried 'adduser' in a
> command line console and it adds the username but how do I set the
> password as that user?
>
> A book I bought "Using Linux" from QUE said that I can add a user by
> typing in "usercfg" in xterm.
> Perhaps it works for some other distributions of Linux?
>
> thanks,
>
> brandon
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