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Adding users
Name: Linux_Newbie Date: May 22, 2003 at 11:16:33 Pacific OS: Mandrake 8.2 CPU/Ram: 64
Comment:
Hello All! I made myself a linux server for home use and now I want to add users to it from my windows machine..How can I do that? Can anyone please help me. I know a way that I can download putty or any other such app and through that I can do it. But I want some other app which is more user friendly ( it's not for me..but for my computer illitrate cousin). can anyone help me with that please?
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