User Account setup problem in LL/lubuntu/zorin/win7 multiboot

[m654321]

Sorry, I forgot the "sudo" in that command.  Try again with this:

Code:

sudo useradd -m -G adm,cdrom,dip,plugdev,users,lpadmin,sambashare -s /bin/bash sam-the-editor

P.s.  Will fix it in original post.

@gold_finger - this is the output from Lubuntu's terminal - I've included the 'awk' line of code too ...

Code:

happyfamily@happyfamily-X71Q:~$ sudo useradd -m -G adm,cdrom,dip,plugdev,users,lpadmin,sambashare -s /bin/bash sam-the-editor
[sudo] password for happyfamily:
happyfamily@happyfamily-X71Q:~$ awk -F: '($3 >= 1000) {printf "%s:%s:%s\n",$1,$3,$4}' /etc/passwd
nobody:65534:65534
happyfamily:1000:1000
sam-the-editor:1001:1001

Gold_finger, does this look fixed now? If you think it looks right I'll then mark this as solved.
I'll now need to change the admin password for happyfamily as Sam has been using this account while  I've been setting up his sam-the-editor account, with your help of course.  I think I can use the GUI on Lubuntu for this under Users and Groups.

Many thanks for your continued support
Mike