[NTLUG:Discuss] Group Password

[Tom McDonald]

On Thu, 29 May 2003 09:59:17 -0500
Pervaz Allaudin <pervaz at att.net> wrote:

> It does not say which user the prompt is only "password" without a name 
> and I have tried mine and root passwords.
> Like I mentioned I can cntrl-c through it and it started right after I 
> added myself and root in a couple of groups.
> 
> Pervaz

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Hi,

I think what you are running into is a conflict with the shadow files.  Try logging in as root then add your user name to the group with the usermod command ;

# usermod -g grpname -U usrname

When you log back in as 'usrname' it should work okay.

Tom


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Tom McDonald <tom at compuclaim.com>
Compuclaim Inc.