Login problem!

yulitao · 04-11-2004, 09:01 PM

After I used useradd -p assign a passwd to a new user, I can't login by using this user, how could I login by using new users other than use "passwd"

XavierP · 04-12-2004, 02:24 AM

It wouuld help if you told us which distro you are using - there may be a gui tool you could use instead.

Did you use capital letters in either your user name or your password? Try useradd <username> or even, just useradd.

deiussum · 04-12-2004, 08:31 AM

I think that when you use -p with useradd, it generally expects the password in an encrypted format. Some distros will prompt for information for the new user after you do a useradd, including password. If it doesn't, you can also use the passwd <username> command as root to change someone's password.

crabboy · 04-12-2004, 04:13 PM

Not a programming question. Moving to Linux-General.