Allow me to add: if I use the -m to my 'adduser' it tells me that those users already exist!
> Äroot§vaultaire homeÜ# useradd -c "Harp user" -m harpadmin useradd: user harpadmin exists On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Salvador Aguinaga < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I a small foot-print SL installation that runs very well, but today I tried > to make some changes at the > root level and I'm locked out of these privileges. > > for example: If I change to root, and try to change .bashrc it tells me > that I can't change the file. that the file is readonly. > if I try to add a new user, my system tells me that I can't do that? > useradd -c "Harp user" harpadmin > useradd: cannot create directory /home/harpadmin > > I'm also trying to fix a terminal issue: the font is funky: > Äroot§vaultaire ßÜ# > > Lastly, I tried changing the password for user: harpuser, but the system > tells me that I have no such user, here is my /home/ folder: > > Äroot§vaultaire homeÜ# ls > harpuser sluser > > As you can see, this is baffling to me. Can any of you shed some light on > this problem? > > // Sal Aguinaga > // Northwestern University > >
