Fiesty: We have a Root Acct now?

[Jonathan McLoughlin]

Am I correct to say that you have a root shell but cannot add a user?
Presume you are using useradd?
Can you edit the /etc/passwd file?

On 4/25/07, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
> Took the plunge and moved from 6.06 to 7.04. I had partition problems right
> away. Checked out the forums and it seems its fairly common at the moment. I
> disconnected my hd's and then used the partition manager to wipe one drive
> clean. Then using the install program it would finally work. But, I have ran
> into a odd problem.
>
> I entered all the data during setup and when I finally got to my desktop, my
> user account and password were invalid. There is only a root account. And it
> wont allow me to create anther one.
>
> Suggestions.
>
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