From: Mark A. Horton (mahmha@crl.com)
Date: 09/20/93 

From: mahmha@crl.com (Mark A. Horton)
Subject: Re: [Q] Problems setting up new accounts
Date: 20 Sep 1993 02:30:49 -0700

travis jensen (jensen%peruvian.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu) wrote:
: I am having problems adding users to my system (SLS 1.03).
: I use 'useradd <name>' and then try to 'mkpasswd <name>'
: and get an error 'no SBM(?) database'. I try to log into
: the newusers account (well, it is my account) and I can't
: I don't know if this is a linux question or unix question,
: but any help would be appreciated. (BTW, I have checked
: the FAQ :)

: Travis

        Use "passwd <username>" from root to assign an initial password
        to the user just added with useradd - Works.
        --- Mark

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