Once upon a time, Gary Stainburn <gary.stainburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > Next, howcome on FC4 '-p userpassword' doesn't set the > password properly and is there a way to fix it other than calling RTF man page: -p passwd The encrypted password, as returned by crypt(3). The default is to disable the account. To use the -p option to useradd, you have to encrypt the password first. -- Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.