SUSE 9.1 - Problems with Adding new users plz help

Hi every one,

I recently installed Suse 9.1 and added two users during installation with out problems.

I have tried to add another user using the following cmd: 'useradd pite' and 'passwd xxxx' and got a message new user and password added.

But when i tried to create a directory using cmd:'mkdir /home/pite/public_html' , i got an error message "file or directory doesnt exist".

I went to konqueror and the user i created is not listed.

I tried to change users by selecting >>start then >>switch users. The new user is listed; but when i tried to log in using the new user, the following error messages were displayed:

" There was an error setting up inter-process communications for KDE. The message returned by the system was: could not read network connection list.
//.DCOPserver_linux_2
Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running!

I clicked ok and another error message: " will not save configuration.
configuration file"//.kde/share/config/ksplashrc" not writable.

configuration file"//.kde/share/config/kdeglobals" not writable.

I clicked ok and another error message: "The following installation problem was detected while trying to start KDE:
No write access to $HOME directory (/).

KDE is unable to start.

clicked ok and another error message:

Could not start ksmserver. check your installation.

Please do help, i don't want to mess up my system. I want to point out that i have been using Linux for about a month.

regards,

sybella

Hi every one,
I just wanted to say that i found the solution to my problem. I just entered:

"chown pite:users /home/pite " with root password.

regards;
sybella

If you use useradd with the -m option (and optionally -d) - see the manual page, it'll create the home directory, and set the appropriate permissions.

Whilst you're still finding your feet with Linux, you could use a graphical configuration tool such as YaST (for SUSE) for major system changes until you're comfortable with the command line.

Good luck!

Cheers
ZB

Don't use adduser.
Instead you can use useradd.

root@hostname:/tmp# adduser
Enter a username to add: test
Adding user `test'...
Adding new group `test' (1008).
Adding new user `test' (1008) with group `test'.
Creating home directory `/home/test'.
Copying files from `/etc/skel'
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Changing the user information for test
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
Full Name []: test
Room Number []:
Work Phone []:
Home Phone []:
Other []:
Is the information correct? [y/N] y