[ale] crypt? passwd? faulty package?

John Wells jb at sourceillustrated.com
Thu Oct 17 13:27:56 EDT 2002


Stephen,

As root, try typing "passwd username" where username is the user whose
password you'd like to change.

This should work, as long as you're root.

John

Stephen Turner said:
> am i supposed to get a passwd from crypt or something? im sorry, i must
> be a complete idiot or have a faulty package somewhere, i just cant get
> a new user to work! ive read man pages and tried the options, even tried
> different orders as if that might matter, i dont wanna run the system in
> root but im thinking ive got no choice! i can allways su into my new
> users but i cant change thier passwords cause they dont seem to be
> valid, which stops me from logging in as them.
>
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