Hello, This is what worked for me to create new users in rh 7.1. As root, type adduser username the directory /home/username was created with the default files and an entry was created in the /etc/passwd file. Next type: passwd username also as root. You can then enter the password you want for the new user. That's all there is to it. This brings me to a question about the passwd file. I don't see any actual passwords or anything that could be encrypted passwords, in it. Where are they stored? Thanks. John