On Sb, 03 aug 19, 09:57:27, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 03 August 2019 07:08:08 mick crane wrote: > > > > I would probably add another user and see if they have same problem on > > the local machine. > > I'd thought of that but not tried it yet. I'll need a user amanda who is > a member of group backup for the backup program amanda. So I'll use > that as a guinea pig.
I wouldn't mess with users needed by packages. Why not just create a 'test' user or something? > Or will I? copy/paste from konsole logged in as gene: > > gene@picnc:~$ sudo adduser > [sudo] password for gene: > adduser: Only one or two names allowed. > gene@picnc:~$ I'm guessing 'adduser' needs at least a name for the new user ;) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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