If you are using kdm as your login manager then simply open 
KDEControlCentre>System>Login Manager and you get to choose which users get 
icons, and appear in the login list etc...

By default any user with a UID below 500 is not shown


HTH

derek



On Monday 25 February 2002 00:40, Andre Dubuc wrote:
> I would like to add a user, say "Trial", that would not be displayed at
> login (i.e. as an icon named 'Trial').
>
> I've tried all the options in `man useradd', but I end up with a user and
> an icon. What I'm trying to achieve is end up with a user like 'postgres'
> in the LM 8.0 rpm of PostgreSQL. There is no icon, and only a group entry
> in Userdrake.
>
> I would like to duplicate this action, since I'm trying to install the
> source PostgreSQL 7.2. Whenever I try "useradd postgres", I end up with an
> icon, and a home directory that I definetly don't want. Perhaps I should
> try 'groupadd' first with 'postgres' and then useradd 'postgres' ??
>
> Any ideas on how to accomplish this?
>
> Tia,
> Andre

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