From: root@umibox.hanse.de (Bernd Meyer) Subject: Re: Passwdin linux Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1993 05:10:54 GMT
jeries@ho04.eng.ua.edu () writes:
>I just installed linux on my computer. I have not been able to create
>or change a new user's passwd. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
This seems to be a common problem (maybe it's in SLS?), so I'll post:
One of the reasons for this may be a corrupt passwd-entry. So go and look
at your /etc/passwd-file and count the number of ":" in every single line.
This has helped several people now....
Bernie