On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 04:05:40PM +0800, Roger wrote: > Hi all > > I am running RH8, as you know that after you create the new user with > `user -p' comman the user will be locked and his or her password is > saved as the clear text in shadow file. My question is how to active is > new user? > > Thanks in advance
The "-p" option allows you to specify the CIPHERTEXT for the password, not the clear text. You must edit the /etc/passwd file to remove the cleartext, and then (as SU), run "passwd <username>" to set a password. HTH. Bill -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
