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adduser name     ;adds a user with that name.
passwd name     ;sets the password for thath user.
chfn naam          ;changes information on that user.

NOTE: you have to run passwd otherwise you can't use the user!!!!!!!!




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
>
>