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Hi, The groups must exist before you can add users to them. When you don't assign a primary group then the useradd command creates a primary group with the same name as the username, like you said. If you want to add the user to additional groups these must exist. So if you want for example to create a user, assign primary group users and additional groups developers,printer,etc... If the groups developers and printers don't exist:...

Try re-booting into single-user mode: Reboot When the grub menu appears, hit any key to stop the count Select the desired OS to boot, and hit "e" for edit. Select the kernel line and "e" again At the end of the kernel line, add "single" (no quotes) Enter and then "b" to boot. It should come up in a root terminal with no password required. You can then enter a new password...

I would boot up with something like Bart PE's Run a windows chkdsk on the Windows partition causing issue and copy off any important data to the 2nd disk, just in case, as a start.

Hi, Take a look at http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Googleearth

For all practical intents and purposes the result should be the same, unless your program is trying to do "sticky" things. As for actually changing it - have a look at /etc/profile Cheers, Tink

My ghast hasn't been so flabbered in ages

Download the attached file openSUSE-11.0-Oss.repo.txt to /home/'username'/ Rename it to openSUSE-11.0-Oss.repo .. And .. 1) cd /etc/zypp/repos.d/ 2) su 3) cp /home/'username'/openSUSE-11.0-Oss.repo . .. where the dot ( . ) means the current directory. ..... __________________ Don't forget to click the Thumbs Up on any post that helped you so the submitter will be "officially" thanked.

OK, but how do i download and run it via command line?

Hi, Glad to hear she's up and running. This is off topic but the thread has brought things to mind. I've got a friend who is a WWII & Korean veteran. He flew several different type of craft. He's 97 and still uses his PC daily to communicate with people all over the world. At times he has some issues and his wife will give me a call. I just love to go over to aid him. I really enjoy his sharing of experiences and refuse...

Go thru here and pick any you like this site is popular for windows users http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-mu...multiboot-usb/ about the persistence features tell me which ones your gonna be booting and I'll put you down with all their tricks