Add New User

• Log in as root on blue

• adduser -g students newusername (For "HiWis".) or adduser -g users newusername

• passwd newusername (Let the new user enter his Linux password twice.)

• go to /var/yp and run "make" (updates yp user database). Will give error message like:
  gmake(1): *** No rule to make target `/etc/aliases', needed by `mail.aliases'. Stop.
  gmake(1): Leaving directory `/var/yp/allpsych'
  make: *** (target) Error 2
  that error is "ok", don't worry. explanation

• smbpasswd -a newusername (Let the new user enter his Windows password twice.)

• cd /net/home/raid/windows/profiles (this location might change in the near future...) ...seems to be now: cd /mnt/raid2/windows/profiles (Volker Franz, Sept. 6 2004)

• mkdir newusername; chown newusersname.students(or: users) newusername (Make windows profiles.)

Optional (Web Directory):

• Log in as root on violet
• mkdir /net/www/newusername
• chown newusername.students /net/www/newusername
• cd newusername
• ln -s /net/www/newusername public_html