On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 16:19 +0200, Samuel Bächler wrote: > Hi Frank > > Frank McCormick wrote: > > Running Squeeze - tried to add a user today using the graphical front > > end under Gksudo ...everything except properties was grayed out. > > > > I have implemented root on this machine - so I modified GDM to allow > > root logons...same result. > > > > What am I missing here? > > > > Why don't you add user in the console environment? See `man adduser' or > `man useradd'. > > sam >
Well that's what I ended up doing - but I am still curious why this Gnome Squeeze installation refuses to allow me to do it under the GUI front end. The unlock button on the GUI users-admin is grayed out. All the other system software works like it is supposed to so it seems it's not a general fault. Thanks > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org