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Skaperen

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From: right by Jesus, our Saviour

Registered: 2013-06-15

Posts: 862

sysadmin tools

previously, under Unity, i administered my system with the GUI tools it had.  during the change to Xfce i failed to think about those tools. how can i run them now, with all users transitioned to Xfce, Xubuntu style?  i am looking for something to click on, not type in.  i need to create a new user.  i know how to by editing /etc/passwd an a few other files.  but i don't want to do it that way, anymore (32 years ago i would have without hesitation).  i tried to revert a not-much-used userid back to Unity, but that didn't work.  any better ideas?

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: sysadmin tools

The package "gnome-system-tools" includes admin tools to manage users, networks, shares and time.

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Skaperen

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From: right by Jesus, our Saviour

Registered: 2013-06-15

Posts: 862

Re: sysadmin tools

that package is already installed.  but, i don't see it (other than in dpkg -l output)

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,485

Re: sysadmin tools

It comes with 4 executables:
- users-admin
- network-admin
- time-admin
- shares-admin

On Xubuntu 18.04, they are located in the Settings Manager (or Settings Menu category) as:
- Users and Groups
- Network
- Time and Date
The shares one is missing a desktop file on my system, but I don't have samba installed.

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