logon failed

[Gu, John A. (US SSA)]

Alex,

I did it again using "useradd username" without -p option. Then passwd
$username followed by 2 type-in. No error, but I still can not use the
same password at the login as that at the passwd command. I am confused.

John

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Alexander Dalloz
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 1:57 PM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: logon failed

Am Di, den 26.10.2004 schrieb Gu, John A. (US SSA) um 19:47:

> Any user account created (using useradd by root account) does not work
> at the Fedora logon page. The error message is Authentication Failed.
I
> have tried both option -p with useradd and command passwd for the
> password. They are all successful. A new user directory is created
under
> /home.

> John

If you pass the "useradd" command any password with parameter "-p" be
sure it is already encrypted! Else you have a plain text password in the
/etc/shadow file. Obviously then a login will fail. If you created new
user accounts followed by setting the password with command "passwd
$username", then all should be proper. Just take care you have not
accidentally caps-lock on.

Alexander


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