[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Create User Account

[Kenneth Loafman]

Somehow managed to chop the first part of the message.  Should read:

  -p passwd
               The encrypted password, as returned by crypt(3).

then the rest of the message below...

Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> mkpasswd is a front-end to crypt(3).
> 
> It's not a good idea to use passwords on the command line anyway. 
> 'history' would reveal them, and they are visible in process display 
> commands, besides being visible when you type them.  It's never too 
> early (grandson or class) to start lessons on computer security.
> 
> ...Ken
> 
> 
> Dennis Rice wrote:
>> I ran into this problem when I was teaching my class last week.  The 
>> answer is simple, but not what expected.  If I recall correctly, it 
>> did work back in RH 7.2.
>>
>> When running the useradd newname -p password, the user is created and 
>> the new password is placed into the shadow file in clear text.  
>> Naturally this is invalid.
>>
>> Athough I have not tried it out, I would suggest that if one created a 
>> new password using the command mkpasswd, if it is installed on your 
>> system, then copy/paste it into the original useradd newname -p 
>> {encrypted passwd from mkpasswd}, then when loging on it would work.  
>> But all of this is much harder than issuing the command pair useradd 
>> and passwd.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>>
>>
>> Charles Cashion wrote:
>> I want to create a user account for my grandson.
>> The computer is running FC4.
>> when I ran
>> [root]# useradd -p sonofjohn bcashion
>> It created entries in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
>> and it created /home/bcashion
>> But when I tried
>> [root]# su bcashion
>> password: sonofjohn
>> it would not accept "sonofjohn" as password.
>> ...
>>
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