You are probably running shadow passwords, which means you need to have an
entry for that new user in /etc/passwd, too.
Might it not have been easier to use useradd, though?
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003, Santhosh wrote:
> Hi All,
> I tried to add user in /etc/passwd file, I added a line in /etc/passwd
>
On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 05:50, Santhosh wrote:
> Hi All,
> I tried to add user in /etc/passwd file, I added a line in /etc/passwd
> Test:x:501:501::/home/Test:/bin/bash and then i saved.When i try to give the
> passwd it gives the following error. i tried the command passwd Test,
> passwd: Authentic
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On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:50 am, Santhosh wrote:
> Hi All,
> I tried to add user in /etc/passwd file, I added a line in /etc/passwd
> Test:x:501:501::/home/Test:/bin/bash and then i saved.When i try to
> give the passwd it gives the following error.
Check your passwd file with /usr/sbin/pwck command . This will list the errors in
/etc/passwd.
Santhosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi All,
>I tried to add user in /etc/passwd file, I added a line in /etc/passwd
>Test:x:501:501::/home/Test:/bin/bash and then i saved.When i try to give the
>pas
Hi All,
I tried to add user in /etc/passwd file, I added a line in /etc/passwd
Test:x:501:501::/home/Test:/bin/bash and then i saved.When i try to give the
passwd it gives the following error. i tried the command passwd Test,
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error.Is there any other file
