[kde-linux] Re: Adding a user

[Wolfgang Mueller]

On 04/18/11 20:39, Steven Crooks wrote:
>
> On Monday 18 April 2011 20:30:47 Wolfgang Mueller wrote:
>>
>> For adding a user, who has an account and a home directory, to the login
>> screen, I tried
>>
>> Personal Settings>  System Administration>  Login Screen>  Users
>>
>> But there is only a list of excluded users. So, this is the wrong place,
>> I presume. Can someone show me the right place?
>
> There are several ways.
> If you want a UI, try KUser. It's exactly what you need to add and/or edit
> users within a graphical interface.

Unfortunately I do not have KUser on my system.

> The other way is on CLI (Konsole) using "useradd" (see "man useradd).

This worked. Having removed the user I wanted to give access to KDE from 
/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, I invoked useradd for restoring him. 
Afterwards his name appeared on the login screen.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Bye,
Wolfgang