[K12OSN] adduser/useradd issue

[Huck]

More info on the problem...
adding a user with    useradd <username> -p <password>
returns Alternate authentication scheme in use. when I run  passwd -S 
<username>

BUT with ...  adduser <username>  and then passwd <username>

I get...
Password set, MD5 crypt.

So I guess the question is how to get the '-p' parameter of 'useradd' to 
MD5 the password?

--Huck


Huck wrote:

> useradd <username> -p <password>
>
> adds the user <username> to the system but does NOT set the password 
> via -p <password> as it says it should in the 'man useradd' page..
>
> alternately...
>
> useradd <username>
>
> followed by ...
>
> passwd <username>
>
> does in fact work fine...in settings the password after creating a 
> user...
>
> Any idea why the first option does not function as the man page says 
> it should?
>
> --Huck
>
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