topic title: Cant open the user management....
Posts: 29
Schnake
Joined: 04 Nov 2010
#1
Hi guys,

My problem is following, i cant open the user management anymore.... If i try it, he ask me about the Root password and thats it....

I have 2 accounts on the laptop, tried on both, nothing work. I want to delete my own account and make new one, cuz i have some problems where i dont know from where they come, i cant play any sound, on the second account everything work fine, so i want to try to make a new account and show if i can play sounds again on this....

Another one, if i delete an account (allready deleted one before, for an other reason) how i can delete the name from database, or better, make it free to use it again?

Thanks in advance,
Schnake
Posts: 200
lagopus
Joined: 15 Oct 2008
#2
Hi,

I suppose you tried with the Mepis assistant from the Control Center?
If it doesn't work, try from the comman line, as root, the commands:
adduser
and
deluser

Links:

========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.debian-administration.org/article/Adding_new_users"
linktext was:"http://www.debian-administration.org/ar ... _new_users"
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========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.debianadmin.com/users-and-groups-administration-in-linux.html"
linktext was:"http://www.debianadmin.com/users-and-gr ... linux.html"
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anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#3
To add to lagopus's post, use the repair section in the MEPIS user assistant to get a full set of default memberships
Posts: 1,228
secipolla
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
#4
The new user hadn't all the groups set. Edit /etc/adduser.conf so the new users have the extra groups added to them.

Code: Select all

# Set this if you want the --add_extra_groups option to adduser to add
# new users to other groups.
# This is the list of groups that new non-system users will be added to
# Default:
EXTRA_GROUPS="dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev users"

# If ADD_EXTRA_GROUPS is set to something non-zero, the EXTRA_GROUPS
# option above will be default behavior for adding new, non-system users
ADD_EXTRA_GROUPS=1
I guess by using the option --add_extra_groups when setting up a new user it works the same.
Posts: 29
Schnake
Joined: 04 Nov 2010
#5
i guess it was the mepis from the AntiX control center, dunno the real name....

Thanks, i try to make it on the shell ^^

EDIT: ok, so i found the problem, i need to update the Libqt4 pakage for install VLC, and so i de-install the most of pakage with the command apt-get -f install

So, i need to install the most of pakage of libqt4, i need version 4:4.6.3-4, on the Synaptic, i have only the 4:4.5.3-4 and i cant install it new.... Can someone give me a pakage, where i can install all datas what i need?
Last edited by Schnake on 11 Dec 2010, 13:33, edited 1 time in total.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#6
In antiXcc it is called Manage Users under System tab
Posts: 29
Schnake
Joined: 04 Nov 2010
#7
Yeah, this was it what i tried to open... Like i said, cuz of the reason that i delete the most from the libqt4, only 2 data re-installed manually.... So i need the version 4:4.6.3-4 but i cant find it on the synaptic, allready reloaded the list, dont work....
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#8
Use the testing repos if you have disabled it.
Posts: 29
Schnake
Joined: 04 Nov 2010
#9
Ok, i can do it, i only to know how i can make that ^^