[plug] re: take the test

Trevor Phillips phillips at central.murdoch.edu.au
Sun Aug 8 17:37:25 WST 1999


John Summerfield wrote:
> 
> I use "useradd" from the command line. I have never needed to run "chown"
> for any reason as part of the process of creating a user account.
> 
> The useradd command does all that's necessary.

And what if you're on a linux system that doesn't HAVE the "useradd"
command or similar. How do you make an account then?
Yes, the question was poorly worded, but it's still a valid testing
point; the details of creating an account, where you may be on a system
that doesn't have tools such as useradd...

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