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Can a normal user create a user with useradd ???

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Name: Vasco_x
Date: May 26, 2000 at 08:21:16 Pacific
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in a HP-UX 9000
A need a script, command or a way to a normal user creat another user with the useradd. Can i say in the script the passwd of root ???? isn't safe but ...
thanks, from Lisbon, Portugal



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Name: Freeman
Date: June 2, 2000 at 11:56:00 Pacific
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no, to create a user u must have root's priveleges. if you know the root pasword, than just type in "su" from your console.

-Freeman


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