how to create a user with userid 1000

[Member pipfranto]

i am trying to create a user called “demo” with (userid 1000)

i have tried:

sudo useradd username
sudo su
su – demo

but i get this warning:
su: warning: cannot change directory to /home/demo: No such file or directory

i am trying to run these command as a user with userid 1000:
$ /sbin/modprobe ashmem_linux
$ /sbin/modprobe binder_linux
$ /usr/share/anbox/anbox-bridge.sh start
$ su -m
$ env | grep XDG_RUNTIME_DIR

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pipfranto wrote:

i am trying to create a user called “demo” with (userid 1000)

i have tried:

sudo useradd username
sudo su
su – demo

but i get this warning:
su: warning: cannot change directory to /home/demo: No such file or directory

i am trying to run these command as a user with userid 1000:
$ /sbin/modprobe ashmem_linux
$ /sbin/modprobe binder_linux
$ /usr/share/anbox/anbox-bridge.sh start
$ su -m
$ env | grep XDG_RUNTIME_DIR

Is there ANOTHER user already in the /etc/passwd file with the UID = 1000?
If so, the best you can do is to have two names with the same UID, but there will likely be undesirable side effects; for one, you cannot use either useradd or adduser to accomplish adding multiple IDs with the same UID; you can only do it by manually editing /etc/passwd.

I believe that I HAVE done it in the past, but again, I was prepared to live with the behavior or modify files myself, with or without any actual or implied support or expected behavior. My guess is that UID 1000 is already in use by the username you chose when you installed antiX. On the live image, I do believe that demo has UID 1000; to get yours to do it, give up the other name and change /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and the filesystem to match the name demo rather than the previous name; you’ll probably need to run as root to accomplish this without failure, but it can be done if you know what you are doing.

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