===================================================== This message and any attachments to it are subject to copyright and are sent for the personal attention of the addressee. It may include information which is legally privileged and exempt from disclosure. If you receive this communication in error, please advise us immediately. ===================================================== How did you setup the Account using the KDE Groups app or using the useradd command ? try using useradd from the Command prompt this will ask you for GID and set a UID and then go through steps to setup Home dir, shell and password... useradd is successful unless you received error messages... you need to make sure the new user is a member of a group (using the GID) with the correct priorities... -----Original Message----- From: Rev. Michael Derek Barnett [<A HREF="mailto:mdb@n-jcenter.com">mailto:mdb@n-jcenter.com</A>] Sent: 24 November 1998 15:18 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SuSE Linux] Users in KFM ========================================== WARNING: External Email: This message was received from a source external to HSAM and therefore the sender's identity cannot be verified. ========================================== i just created a new account for my wife. i'm want to put it on the kde's login screen (kfm? kwm? whatever it's called.) i've logged into her account, gone into kde, etc...but her username doesn't show up on the desktop manager section of kde's control center (logged on as root.) am i missing some step here? i thought that the users would've been automatically read... -derek - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e