On Friday 19 June 2015 14:42:15 Alistair wrote: > On 19/06/15 14:21, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Friday 19 June 2015 09:04:04 Alistair wrote: > >> On 19/06/15 12:37, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >>> Can I add users via KControl? If so, how? My exploring has drawn a > >>> blank. > >>> > >>> I personally always use the command line for this type of system > >>> administration. > >>> > >>> Lisi > >>> > >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> - To unsubscribe, e-mail: > >>> trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For additional > >>> commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... Read > >>> list messages on the web archive: > >>> http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to > >>> top-post: > >>> http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > >> > >> I concur with Lisi on that, it's easier and quicker to type adduser as > >> root than to go through the GUI. horses for courses, YMMV etc etc :) > > > > I am with Lisi on this too, the only thing I can see where a graphical > > interface might come in handy is more of an /etc/ group thing than user. > > > > Specifically, I think it would help the user alleviate his excedrin > > headache in those cases where the security people have decided that the > > common user should not be able to use the dvd burner, or, heaven forbid > > it still works, a floppy drive or usb key. I went thru all that with a > > much older distro that was adament that selinux had to be installed and > > working. I drew the line on that distro after 2 weeks of fidgiting with > > it, trying to get some real work done, when it denied me, the use and > > account holder, the right to launch an editor to reply to a message > > thread I had originated 2 days prior. > > > > No install I have done since has ever had enough selinux in it for a > > bloodhound to find. Perhaps I am a bit paranoid, but the support guy > > whose initials are SS, I also came to the conclusion was actually a > > plant, on the NSA payroll. > > > > Back to the subject, a graphical interface that would allow the user to > > be added to the groups he is interested in, and should normally be > > allowed by savvy admins to use those facilities, would simplify said > > admins job at keeping track of who can do what. > > > > My $0.02 (in 1934 dollars of course). ;-) > > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: > >> trinity-users-unsubscribe@... For additional > >> commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@... Read > >> list messages on the web archive: > >> http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to > >> top-post: > >> http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > The Distro I use, uses a variation on Draktools so there is a gui there, > it allows you to add groups, add groups to users etc etc, however if I'm > just setting up a user with no special stuff I just su to root (no sudo > for me thanks ) and use adduser, simple as that :) So much easier and so much less error prone. Horses for courses. ;-) Lisi