On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 20:18 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > ---- > > reassert the password... > > > > passwd freddy #assuming you change it back > > # re-enter password - watch out for caps lock key > > # perhaps try a different password to make sure > > # the hash changes in /etc/shadow > > > > Craig > > Yep. Same symptoms. I cannot use login to log in as freddy, a > newly created user. ---- create another user...and try. did you ever manually edit /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow so perhaps there's a mismatch between them? Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
