Re: Strange useradd problem??

[Scott Wegener <wegster mindcore net>]

I had this happen on one of my RH 5.1 installs as well.  It turned out
that somehow the password was going into /etc/passwd (yeah, not
/etc/shadow) _UNENCRYPTED_.  I don't recall the full details on it but
it was reproducable every time.  RedHat ignored the 'bug post.'  I
_believe_ the resolution was to run pwconv(it won't harm any already
shadowed passwds), or to set the password as part of the useradd command
line.  The problem only occurred on one of my RH boxes, and after the
initial problem never resurfaced, and is not a problem on 5.2.  

Paul Sullivan wrote:
> 
> Well, this is odd.  Maybe someone has experience of this or can point me in the
> right direction.
> 
> I'm running RH5.1 with KDE.  I still have it booting to $ prompt.
> 
> When I login as root and try to "useradd" a new user, such as "useradd paul",
> I get no error messages.  Then of course I "passwd paul" and set a password.
> When I then logout and try to login as "paul", I get an incorrect password
> error, and can then login as root.  I am not entering the wrong password.   I
> have carefully reset the password several times.
> 
> I'd appreciate any help or being pointed into the right direction!!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul Sullivan
> pmsulliv iupui edu
> 
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