Installing Gentoo Beta 1 on the Kuro Box
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8. Configuring the Users

8. a. Changing the password for the root user

This is a basic step which is necessary on any Linux installation.

Choose a password for the root user
KURO-BOX-EM etc # passwd
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Notes: Type the password you want to use when prompted.

8. b. Adding new user accounts

Now, add a user, cause we won't work as root for eternity.

Adding a user
KURO-BOX-EM etc # useradd thomas -m -G users,wheel -s /bin/bash
KURO-BOX-EM etc # passwd thomas
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully
Notes: We have added this user in the "wheel" group, so that he can use "su" to do administration tasks.

If you would like to add normal users who will not be doing administrative tasks, just remove the ",wheel" from the useradd statement in the example above.