I should note that when you create a user from the command line, it will not be automatically be made member of groups such as "sound" or "video" which is required to have certain permissions such as use the sound card or webcam. <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Daniel Urban <<a href="mailto:urban.dani+xub@gmail.com">urban.dani+xub@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi! Can you create a new user from the terminal with the "adduser" command? What do you mean "never recognized"? You can't log in with the new user? Urbán Dániel -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- Cody A.W. Somerville