[ubuntu-in] adding user problem

unni krishnan unnikrishnan.a at gmail.com
Mon Mar 12 05:46:13 GMT 2007


use sudo adduser command . to become root try sudo -i

-regards
unnikrishnan


On 3/11/07, Pramod Tantri <pramod.tantri at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey guys i'm kind off getting hold of Ubuntu now..
>
> I had a question.. while installing Linux i used user name other than
> "root" . Now when I try to add user i'm unable to do so. If i try SU command
> on terminal it asks me for the password and I just have one user on the
> system, it doesn't accept that password.
>
>   Can someone help me..? or can you tell me where I need to look for more
> info..?
>
> thank you in advace.
>
> Pramod
>
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