user created during install

[Florian Diesch]

Phil Groschwitz <ssc1478 at aim.com> wrote:

> I recently installed 8.04 beta.  I've been a long-time Mandriva user,
> and have my /home directories on a separate harddrive from the OS.  When
> I installed, I supplied my username that I used with my Mandriva
> install.  The new user account was associated with the existing /home
> directory.  It kept the UID of 501.
>
> However, the username doesn't show up in the Users and Groups option
> under System Adminstration menu.
>
> Should it show up there?  If so, is it because the UID is less than
> 1000?

Yes. Ubuntu (like Debian) assumes users with UID < 1000 are system
users.


   Florian
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