Originally Posted by vitabrevis

I have tried to follow this tutorial along with others but i have been getting stuck. I have never used Linux before so i would appreciate some help. on this one i got all the way to step 8 by skipping step 1. now i figured out step one with ubuntu 8.10 this is all i get...

*****@***** -desktop:~$ sudo su -
root@*****-desktop:~# useradd l4d2
root@*****-desktop:~# su l4d2
$ su l4d2
Password:
Su: Authentication failure


that's exactly what i get i have tried everything thing i can think of. any help or am i in way over my head and give up?