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Development Tools Console Foundations Users and Permissions Creating Users

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3.37 sudo adduser mike?

When I type this i get the response; the user "mike" allready exists? What am I doing wrong here?

ALFRED MOHENU
ALFRED MOHENU
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ALFRED MOHENU
ALFRED MOHENU
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It's difficult to know the problem you are facing since there is no code or an actual content of what was going on here. Anyway, it seems like you are trying to add a user that already exists so the response is telling you that the username "mike" already exists.

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Cesar De La Vega
Cesar De La Vega
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Cesar De La Vega
Cesar De La Vega
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try adding another user to test it.