From: allenm@sfu.ca (Allen Mar) Subject: Re: Linux won't let me change password for new user Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1993 07:22:11 GMT
winstead@cs.tulane.edu (Teddy Winstead) writes:
>I used the latest SLS distribution of Linux from sunsite.unc.edu, and
>when I added a user with useradd, things went smoothly until I tried
>to log in. The passwd field is totally blank in the passwd file, as is
>the entry in the shadow file. When I log on, I type the user name,
>and Linux informs me that my password has expires, and that I should
>select a new one. It then promptly tells me (without letting me
>type anything in) that the password cannot be changed. I have triple
>checked my permissions on all pertinent files, and can't figure out what in
>the hell is wrong. Anybody got any ideas?
Try setting a password for the user (from root) 'passwd <userid> <password>'.
The syntax may be not quite right, as I've not used my linux install for
a coupla weeks, but I had to go thru similar "problems" with that.
>ted
Allen
allenm@wizard.ucs.sfu.ca