Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> I was not adding a new user or group. > > that's not the point. you were complaining originally that you > couldn't see all the users and groups on the system. and i explained > why that's actually a good thing -- because, for the most part, you > shouldn't *need* to see those users or groups, unless you're doing > something unusual. I must say that (rather to my surprise) I agree with Karl in this case. I don't like to feel that Linux is not telling me something because it doesn't think it is good for me.