--- Alexander Dalloz <ad+lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am So, den 13.03.2005 schrieb Zach Wilkinson um > 16:32: > > > Redhat docs say to use useradd or > system-config-users. > > useradd gives me an error about not being able to > > rewrite the password file. > > In system-config-users, I go to add a user, I > fill-out > > the form, but when I click to add the window goes > > translucent and the pointer changes to an > hourglass > > and stays that way. > > SELinux was set to active during the install, and > I > > did find seuseradd, but that gives me the same > error > > as regular useradd. > > I know this isn't system specific because I've > tried > > this on three different systems, one fresh install > > with latest yum update. > > useradd / adduser is the proper CLI tool, or > system-config-users if a > GUI is requested. > I suspect you have a misconfigured authconfig? > > $ grep "yes" /etc/sysconfig/authconfig > USECRACKLIB=yes > USEMD5=yes > USESHADOW=yes > I get the same output from grep; all three are set to yes. > This is all to be set for a local auth system. Did > you enable other > things? > mmm, I set SELinux to active, I left the firewall enabled with holes for ssh and httpd, I selected custom package install, manual IP config, ... pretty basic config. > Alexander > > > -- > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG > http://pgp.mit.edu 0xB366A773 > legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html > Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel > 2.6.10-1.770_FC2smp > Serendipity 16:38:45 up 19:11, 16 users, 0.34, 0.36, > 0.21 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
