[K12OSN] creating accounts

[Henry Hartley]

On Friday, September 30, 2005 4:04 PM, NONE NONE said:
>> 
>> Thank you, that worked, except I still can't log in on that
>> account? What are some reasons why an account wouldn't be able
>> to log in? If I create one with the users and groups gui, it
>> can log in fine, but the useradd created accounts never can.

Ah, yes.  Sorry.  Try leaving off the password part and then set
it separately.  I think you're suppose to supply the encrypted
password, not the plaintext (see man useradd and man crypt).

	useradd -c "Some Student" -m -G GradeK astudent

then:

	passwd astudent

-- 
Henry