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 16:48:03 -0500
>
>On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 09:33:43PM +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 16:29:24 -0500
> > >
> > >> >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.
> >
> >
> > Just "login invalid"
>
>That does not compute.  I wanted to know what carps come from running
>  "passwd" to change the user's password.
>
>If that is a newly created user (even if hand-entered into
>/etc/passwd), root (not any mere mortal user) must run "passwd
><userid>" to set userid's password.  You will be prompted to enter the
>new password, and then enter it again.  Then you can log out as root
>and try logging in as the new user.  Or you can "su - <userid>".
>
>So, if the new user is "foobar", you (as root) will run
>
>   passwd foobar
>
>and provide the new password twice.  To test it:
>
>   su - foobar
>
>It will ask you for password, and if all is well, you will get a shell
>prompt of some kind.  To return to root's shell, just enter "exit" or
>Ctrl-D.
>
>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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What do you mean by carps?

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