[K12OSN] creating accounts

[NONE NONE]

I think it has to do with the md5 hashing of the passwords. I used the passwd command to change the password of one of the accounts and then looked in the /etc/shadow file and it had changed from "silver" to a hash code. Strangely, changing the password in the gui does not do this... UNLESS the password was created with a hash in the first place... Then it suddenly decides to make a new one. This is really confusing. So how the heck do you create an account with a properly hashed password? Surely someone has run into this problem before?

----- Original Message -----
From: NONE NONE <gKw-X at shaw.ca>
Date: Friday, September 30, 2005 1:04 pm
Subject: Re: RE: [K12OSN] creating accounts

> 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.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Henry Hartley <henryhartley at westat.com>
> Date: Friday, September 30, 2005 12:54 pm
> Subject: RE: [K12OSN] creating accounts
> 
> > On Friday, September 30, 2005 3:46 PM, NONE NONE said:
> > >> 
> > >> If I do this:
> > >> 
> > >> useradd -c "Some Student" -m /home/astudent -G GradeK -p silver
> > >> astudent
> > >> 
> > >> It just prints out the "usage" text for useradd. If I do this:
> > 
> > The -m parameter doesn't require the actual path, that's automatic.
> > 
> > Try this:
> > 
> > useradd -c "Some Student" -m -G GradeK -p silver astudent
> > 
> > -- 
> > Henry
> > 
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