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bark_bark_bark · Joined: 05 Jun 2012 Posts: 609 Location: USA

1.) Open up your preferred terminal

2.) Do:

Flash · Posted: Mon 08 Oct 2012, 22:26 Post subject:

Much safer? Can you give us any examples where someone got into trouble because they were browsing the Internet as root?

bark_bark_bark · Joined: 05 Jun 2012 Posts: 609 Location: USA

not exactly but a lot people would avoid browsing as root (for security reasons).

I think that was even discussed in the Security section here.

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9853 Location: SwedenEurope

But would that really be a multi user environ at all.
Puppy have user Spot and user Fido if one tell it too
and user root? but it is still root when it boot
even if you make use of Spot and Fido or any other name.

It can not be anything else but root due to how it is set up.

RSH · Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 1802 Location: Germany

e_mattis · Joined: 20 Dec 2012 Posts: 102 Location: Williamston, SC

So there is still no .pet or script available to add users and passwords easily -other than hard-code through the terminal? Crying or Very sad

This would be nice to have just because some people may end up sharing the computer - work, etc. - and would be nice to have some files others didn't see.

There was a 'multiuser' done by pizzagood in 4.3.1 i think. is there nothing newer?

Thanks!

E

Flash · Posted: Thu 07 Feb 2013, 22:27 Post subject:

Don't at least some recent Puppies have a menu item for adding and configuring users? I couldn't find anything in Precise, but I think I've seen something in other Puppies.

e_mattis · Joined: 20 Dec 2012 Posts: 102 Location: Williamston, SC

Not that i'm aware of Flash.
I've been using Lupu5.2.8, precise5.4.3, and wary 5.4.1 for a while now and don't remember seeing anything in them. Will look again though.

Thanks!

E

Semme · Joined: 07 Aug 2011 Posts: 2667 Location: World_Hub

Multi-user? >> Pup IS NOT. Get the notion outta yer head.

Pup is, first and foremost- a *developers* distro..

Learn, have fun- enjoy the ride..

Flash · Posted: Fri 08 Feb 2013, 00:06 Post subject:

The most practical way I can imagine for several people to share a computer while insuring privacy is for each person to run Puppy from his or her own multisession DVD or flash drive. This has the added advantage that they can run their Puppy in other computers.

plinius · Joined: 25 Sep 2013 Posts: 1

HI. First time here, and first time a run Puppy.

I was just looking for some informations about adding a new user and avoiding browsing as root or run apps like xchat as root.
As long I can understand, is it not possible to add a standard user in puppy...right?
Is it not possible to login as root, add a standard user and login again..Am I missing something?

thank you

rcrsn51 · Posted: Wed 25 Sep 2013, 08:27 Post subject:

Puppy has always been a single-user, run-as-root distro, although recent versions let you run certain apps as a non-privileged user.

If that concept bothers you, look at Fatdog. It has an option to run as multi-user.

The easiest way to have multiple Puppy users is to do multiple frugal installs that are selected from the GRUB boot menu.

ThoriumBlvd · Joined: 04 Oct 2013 Posts: 54 Location: N.E. USA

L18L

mikeb · Joined: 23 Nov 2006 Posts: 5705

Its works better if useradd/usermod/user/del are added and used instead...does a neater job of adding and removing users and a /etc/skel folder is used to create the new profile in /home.

Move xwin launching to initab, make /tmp 0777, and some other twiddles to get the shutdown sequence working. Slim makes a neat login manager that does not require extra dependancies.

And dump those awful drive icons and use something else cos they are a pain under another user. There are other scripts that need /root changing to ~

su login gives sudobility ....

its fun

mike