Re: shadow problems with adduser
On Wed, 14 May 1997, Rick Jones wrote:
delgroup and deluser are broken too. deluser looks for a file with the
same name as the user entry in /etc/passwd and, of course, does not find
it, delgroup dies with:
line 13: syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
>
> I've had the same thing happen. I normally hit ctrl-C (which kills it)
> then change the password either as root using "passwd user" or by logging
> in as that user and changing the password, I forgett which one worked.
>
> I don't add users often on my system since it's private, so it's not a big
> deal for me. I figure it will be fixed shortly.
>
> On Tue, 13 May 1997, George Bonser wrote:
>
> >
> > When I attempt to add a user account with adduser <username> it prompts me
> > for the password twice as I would expect then notifies me that the user
> > was not found in /etc/shadow (no duh! I am trying to ADD a new user!) and
> > kicks me back to the prompt for a password and it sticks in this loop.
> >
> > I have to go to another VT to kill adduser to get control back.
> >
> > QUESTION: How do I add a new user if I have shadow support?
> >
> >
> > George Bonser
> > grep@oriole.sbay.org, grep@concentric.net
> >
> >
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>
> --Rick
>
> rickya@siservices.net
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>
George Bonser
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