Use superadduser instead. It's in Portage. It's very easy to use.
To install superadduser: (EDIT: See my note at the end of this post)
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# equo install git # This is needed because the Sabayon overlay uses Git
# emerge --sync
# layman -a sabayon # Do not worry if a message says it is already added.
# layman -S
# emerge -1v superadduser
# equo rescue spmsync
Here is an actual example, when I added a new user (which I named "mediacentre") to my media centre nettop:
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$ # Find out which groups I belong to:
$ groups
disk wheel floppy uucp cron audio cdrom dialout video games cdrw usb users haldaemon scanner plugdev entropy pulse-access pulse-rt pulse vboxusers crontab polkituser
$ # Now log in as root user and run superadduser:
$ su
Password:
# superadduser
Login name for new user []: mediacentre
User ID ('UID') [ defaults to next available ]:
Initial group [ users ]:
Additional groups (comma separated) []: disk,wheel,floppy,uucp,cron,audio,cdrom,dialout,video,games,cdrw,usb,haldaemon,scanner,plugdev,entropy,pulse-access,pulse-rt,pulse,vboxusers,crontab,polkituser
Home directory [ /home/mediacentre ]
Shell [ /bin/bash ]
Expiry date (YYYY-MM-DD) []:
New account will be created as follows:
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Login name.......: mediacentre
UID..............: [ Next available ]
Initial group....: users
Additional groups: disk,wheel,floppy,uucp,cron,audio,cdrom,dialout,video,games,cdrw,usb,haldaemon,scanner,plugdev,entropy,pulse-access,pulse-rt,pulse,vboxusers,crontab,polkituser
Home directory...: /home/mediacentre
Shell............: /bin/bash
Expiry date......: [ Never ]
This is it... if you want to bail out, hit Control-C. Otherwise, press
ENTER to go ahead and make the account.
Creating new account...
Changing the user information for mediacentre
Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default
Full Name []: mediacentre
Room Number []:
Work Phone []:
Home Phone []:
Other []:
New password:
Retype new password:
BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
passwd: password updated successfully
Account setup complete.
# id mediacentre
uid=1001(mediacentre) gid=100(users) groups=100(users),6(disk),10(wheel),11(floppy),14(uucp),16(cron),18(audio),19(cdrom),20(dialout),27(video),35(games),80(cdrw),85(usb),411(haldaemon),441(scanner),442(plugdev),1003(pulse-access),1004(pulse-rt),1005(pulse),1009(vboxusers),1010(crontab),1000(entropy),1019(polkituser)
# id fitzcarraldo
uid=1000(fitzcarraldo) gid=100(users) groups=100(users),6(disk),10(wheel),11(floppy),14(uucp),16(cron),18(audio),19(cdrom),20(dialout),27(video),35(games),80(cdrw),85(usb),411(haldaemon),441(scanner),442(plugdev),1003(pulse-access),1004(pulse-rt),1005(pulse),1009(vboxusers),1010(crontab),1000(entropy),1019(polkituser)
#
EDIT: superadduser has now been added to the Entropy repository, so installing it is even easier for Entropy users. Instead of the installation instructions I gave above, all you need to do to install superadduser is:
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# equo install superadduser
