[NTLUG:Discuss] Account Creation Problem

[MadHat]

WILLIAM PEARSON wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> When I try to create accounts on my Redhat 7.0 (upgraded from 6.0) box, it
> give the "Password was not changed" error. When it was ver 6.0 I didn't
> have any problems. Now I cannot seem to add accounts because it doesn't let
> me set the passwords.
> 
> Also when I try to log into the account which is created using the password
> I set it doesn't let me log in. But the account had been created because
> it's showing up in the list of users in Linuxconf. Seems that it's not
> letting me set passwords for it. Any suggestions on how to fix this
> problem?

first guess is that you didn't use MD5 hash's the first time and it
expects it now...  are you trying to change the passwords as root, or as
the user?  Also, look at the /etc/shadow and see if the passwds start
with a $1$ 
if so, they are md5 hashes...  not sure beyond that, and more info...

I would recomend not using Linuxconf as it has been known to cause
problems and corupt files...

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