adding a user

[manishrs at cs.bu.edu (Manish Raj Sharma)]

That could be a possible explanation because I am on  BU Linux (
equivalent to RedHat 6.2) which is more of network oriented than a
standalone machine. So does that mean that I have to go to the network
administrator for adding a user on my machine? Isin't there an easier way
out? I am kindaa new to this so a detailed and step by step procedure will
be appreciated. 
I really appreciate a lot for all the help. Atleast lets me diagnose!!

Thanks
Manish


On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Derek Martin wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 07:33:05PM -0400, Manish Raj Sharma wrote:
> > I am sure I am root ( coz I have been able to install a couple of packages
> > like real player on the box ). Also the directory /home exists
> > It's true that I haven't installed the system myself but had I not been
> > root I wouldn't have been able to install the packages.
> > I tried adding user by using the KDE user managemnet tool ..inwhich case
> > it did allow me to add the user but did not create the /home/xyz
> > directory. When I looged in using this xyz id.....the screen blinked for
> > a few moments, recovered and again gave me the login screen.
> > It's really weird but then that's what happened. 
> 
> It sounds to me like your /home is NFS mounted, and root squashed.
> If that's true, you'll have to add the user's home directory someplace
> else (on a non-NFS filesystem).
> 
> 
> 

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