adding admin as new user

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Tue, 4 Nov 2008 10:18:39 -0800
"Donny George" <donny008 at gmail.com> wrote:

> hey
> 
> i wanted to add admin as a new user on an ubuntu machine and it
> wouldnt let me do it with the command useradd admin. it says this
> group already exists
> 
> i searched with these key words but i couldnt come up with a
> convincing solution
> 
> could someone guide me please
> 
> donny

You will need to use a different name. 'admin' is one of the system
users. You can look at /etc/passwd to see all the users on the system.

good luck,

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