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useradd with -p parameter and having to use the passwd right afterwards?
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| Hello. I just created a user using the useradd command and using the man
pages, it says I can put a -p password on it all in one command. But the
account is unuseable. :< I have to use the passwd in order to activate the
account, but I'm putting in the same password as I did before. I tried the
usermod -U command but that didn't work either. What is the point of the
useradd command with the -p parameter if it's not used/ignored altogether?
Thanks.
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| Chris F.A. Johnson 2004-09-03, 5:52 pm |
| On 2004-09-02, Flip wrote:
> Hello. I just created a user using the useradd command and using the man
> pages, it says I can put a -p password on it all in one command. But the
> account is unuseable. :< I have to use the passwd in order to activate the
> account, but I'm putting in the same password as I did before. I tried the
> usermod -U command but that didn't work either. What is the point of the
> useradd command with the -p parameter if it's not used/ignored altogether?
Did you enter an _encrypted_ password?
man useradd:
-p passwd
The encrypted password, as returned by crypt(3). The default is
to disable the account.
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