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Topic: adding users and groups to live CD, How to make users permanent

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softgun

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Joined: Dec. 2004

Posted: Feb. 23 2005,15:55

How can we add a new user and group to a live CD and make it permanent so that this user is always available eacgh time we bootup with this live CD?

tronik

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Joined: Dec. 2004

Posted: Feb. 23 2005,18:52

make sure the passwd and shadow and group files aren't symlinked to the ramdisk, /etc is unpackaged each time you boot.

then, you can user 'useradd' or some other form of user adding or removing (i prefer vipw)..this will modify those files (passwd/shadow) and possibly group...

then tell your filetool.lst to backup those files /etc/passwd /etc/shadow and when you reboot the users will be restored.

enjoy.

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