Redhat 6.1 Password Change

[Aaron Rykhus]

>From: Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux 
><redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
>To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: Redhat 6.1 Password Change
>Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:29:24 -0500
>
>If you would, please don't top post.  Put your post after the post to
>which you are replying.
>
>Answer: So that others can follow the thread of exchanges.
>
>Question: Why should I bottom-post?
>
>I'll reorder this.
>
>On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 09:21:28PM +0000, Aaron Rykhus wrote:
> > >From: Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure at earthlink.net>
> > >Reply-To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
> > ><redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
> > >To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
> > >Subject: Re: Redhat 6.1 Password Change
> > >Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:39:17 -0500
> > >
> > >On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 08:30:27PM +0000, Aaron Rykhus wrote:
> > >> I'm new to Linux so don't laugh if this sounds retarded...I installed
> > >> RedHat 6.1 recently and have and can login to root and created my own
> > >user
> > >> account that I can login to...I'm currently reading the RHCE book and 
>it
> > >> had me create an account with the passwd command.
> > >
> > >Umm, you don't create an account with "passwd".  You use "useradd" or
> > >some GUI tool.  "passwd" sets or changes a password for an existing
> > >account.
> > >
> > >> However, when I tried
> > >> testing logging into the account it doesn't work (login failed). I
> > >checked
> > >> caps lock and changed it again a couple of times but still no luck. 
>Any
> > >> thoughts???
> > >
> > >You're using a very ancient version of RedHat.  I seem to recall some
> > >problem with password but don't recall the exact nature of it.  I have
> > >seen passwd carp about your choice of password but go ahead and set it
> > >anyway.  Are you getting any odd messages when you run passwd?
> >
> > When I run passwd it says "Enter UNIX password"
> >
> > >I presume you are root when you run passwd to change the user's
> > >password.
> > >
> > >Cheers,
> > >--
> > >Bob McClure, Jr.
>
>Well, yes, that's the prompt.  When you enter the password twice, does
>it cough up any errors or warnings?
>
>Cheers,
>--
>Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
>robertmcclure at earthlink.net  http://www.bobcatos.com
>Prayer should be our first resource, not our last resort.
>
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Just "login invalid"

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