tried su \ sudo useradd jimmy -c "Test User" useradd: cannot open /etc/passwd ls -l /etc/passwd -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2207 Dec 26 11:16 /etc/passwd Has anyone else come across this? shadow-utils-4.1.4.3-12.fc17.i686 Fresh F16.Xfce yum update to rawhide. As I added myself to admin group during install, I can add a user in the desktop. f-logo > administration > User Manager. it seems to be a cli\Terminal thing. Have checked bz for existing. -- Regards, Frank Murphy UTF_8 Encoded Friend of fedoraproject.org -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test