<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Jordan Miller wrote: <blockquote cite="midB42BC594-8899-4C80-B9BF-BDB2CAB516CD@hymiegladstone.com" type="cite">hello, I have searched Google and all Ubuntu sites I can find. I am sure there is a simple answer, but I do not know the name of the command. How can I administer user accounts using only the command line? I have a headless Ubuntu install (5.10) serving as a webserver, but i need to add a few admin user accounts. I found the new unofficial ubuntu guide at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://easylinux.info/wiki/Ubuntu#Users_Administration">http://easylinux.info/wiki/Ubuntu#Users_Administration</a> , but alas, the instructions require a GUI. thanks, Jordan </blockquote> sudo useradd <username> sudo passwd <username> That will add a user called <username> and allow you to create a password for that user. There are also usermod and userdel commands. Have a look at the man pages for those, as I can't remember the options that can be used in usermod. Tim </body> </html>