[P1] Unexplained Log Out

[Gary D. Adams]

Allan Hise wrote:

>If he's the only user, you may have to deal with the command line to get
>this to work. If he has remote login turned on, ssh to the machine from
>your clamshell. Otherwise, boot into single user mode.
>
>I suggest creating a new user, using the niload command.
>First, use pico to create a file:
>
>	pico new_user_file
>
>This starts pico with an empty document. TYpe in:
>
>test:*:701:20::0:0:Test Account:/Users/test:/bin/tcsh
>
>Make sure there is a return at the end. Type ctrl-x to finish up. You will
>get a prompt asking if you want to save. Of course you do!
>
Allen:

He just got around to trying to create a new user and encountered two 
problems. First, where do you have this--in "Users." Second, and this is 
critical, he got a message that said as he put it, "can't open file; so 
can't save."