🚀 go-pugleaf

Run linuxconf and go to the Accounts tab, and normal users (et. al.)
there you can setup/edit passwords and such
-Qoquaq

>
>
>MoJo <mojo@speakeasy.org> schreef in berichtnieuws
>OmEy4.1747$QF6.78372@news5.giganews.com...
>> Hi all,
>>       I have just recently started using linux ( Red hat 6.2) . I tried to
>> create a new account for a friend of mine. I got this to work without much
>> of a problem. My problem is I cannot set the password on this account. To
>> create this account I added the line
>>
>> jeff:x:502:502:Jeff :/home/jeff
>>
>> To the passwd file and
>>
>>  jeff::11000:0:99999:7:-1:-1:134550548
>>
>> to the shadow file and
>>
>> jeff:x:502:
>>
>> to the group file. I also created a /home/jeff directory and changed it
>> owner and group to jeff
>>
>> This all works fine. Jeff could log in, It didn't ask for a password which
>> was not a issue because I thought one I logged in I could create one using
>> "passwd" this did not turn out to be the case.
>> When I type in "passwd" and typed in the new password twice, there was a
>> brief pause and I got the message " passwd: Permission denied". I have
>tried
>> this several different ways. Logged in as someone else and became the "su"
>> and used "passwd jeff", the same thing happened. I copyed an existing
>> password in the shadow file into jeffs password. This worked , the
>password
>> changed but it is a duplicate of my password and I still cannot change it.
>>
>> Does any one know what I am doing wrong
>>
>> Thanks
>> Mogue
>>
>>
>
>