Sebastian Werner wrote:
> 
> Hey guys,
> 
> Why is in /etc a passwd and a passwd-
>                a shadow and a shadow-
>                a group  and a group-
> 
> it theems that each pair is equal... gentoo uses pam for authentifiction, or
> what?

gentoo uses the pwdb pam module and shadow for authentification.

> 
> And which is the normal why in gentoo to add a user? And why su don't work
> for a user which was added with the KDE-UserManager?

because a user must be in the wheel group to be allowed to su
use 
useradd -g users -G wheel -m username
to create such an user

bye achim~

> 
> A beginnes question i think... but at the moment i have no idea,
> 
> thanks,
> 
> sebastian
> 
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