[K12OSN] adduser/useradd issue

[Doug Simpson]

Actually, I think the -p <password> paramater expects you to key in the 
users (already encrypted) password, meaning you have to have it encrypted 
already to enter it in as the -p parameter.  

Anyone to say that is not correct?  I'd appreciate being corrected, here. 
. .  I have never made the -p parameter work either. . . Says something 
about the encrypted password in the man page.

Doug Simpson
Technology Specialist
DeQueen Public Schools
DeQueen, AR 71832
simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Huck wrote:

> 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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