initialise password using useradd

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn at ringways.co.uk> said:
> Next, howcome on FC4 '-p userpassword' doesn't set the 
> password properly and is there a way to fix it other than calling

RTF man page:

       -p passwd
              The encrypted password, as returned by crypt(3).   The  default
              is to disable the account.

To use the -p option to useradd, you have to encrypt the password first.
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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.