how to add user on 9.10?

[Christian Schult]

Hello Graham,

Graham Todd wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:23:52 -0600
> williamd <williamd at wyoming.com> uttered these words:
> 
> > How do i go about adding a second user on Ubunti 9.10? I can't seem  
> > to do it from within Gnome, and have not been able to get to root in  
> > a terminal. Thanks!
> > 
> > -bill
> > 
> 
> How about (in a terminal):
> 
> sudo gnome-terminal
> 
> then in the new terminal window that pops up:
> 
> adduser <somebody>
> 
> replacing the <somebody> with the name of your new user.

No need to start an extra terminal windowas root. Just type:

 sudo adduser

in a terminal.


Christian