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Jason Chall wrote:
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> I am trying to setup multi user access on my BL3 machine,

If you want multi-user, I recommend you use BL1 or BL2.
They both have a multi-user foundation.  BL3 does not.

> I installed the shadow.tgz package from Slackware 4 

That's not enough.  You need agetty, a new /etc/inittab
and probably some other stuff too.

> I received an error about unknown group
> I get the error groupadd: unable to open group file
 
You need a correctly configured /etc/group (as well as 
a correctly configured /etc/passwd).

> how do I fix this problem 

It is certainly fixable, but IMHO not worth the effort.
BL3 was designed to provide basic functionality on old
low-RAM systems.  It uses a small kernel, small libraries, 
a simplified init, busybox binaries, a mini Xserver and
slim applications to maximize performance on low-RAM 
systems.

If you have 32mb RAM or more, I recommend you use BL2,
which provides a fuller foundation and more powerful
capabilities (via Slackware 7.1 packages).

I use BL2 (with Firebird, Gnumeric and AbiWord) on my
primary computer (128mb RAM).  That's what I'm using 
right now.  I use BL3 on my 486 laptop (12mb RAM).

Cheers,
Steven

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