Re: shadow problems with adduser

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

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?
> 
Until adduser is fixed to accomodate shadow passwords here is the work
around:

	shadowconfig off
	adduser
	shadowconfig on

or you can use the following script that I called sadduser:

#!/bin/sh
set -e
pwck -e
grpck
pwunconv
grpunconv
adduser $@
pwck -e
grpck
pwconv
grpconv
chown root.root /etc/passwd /etc/group
chmod 644 /etc/passwd /etc/group
chown root.shadow /etc/shadow /etc/gshadow
chmod 640 /etc/shadow /etc/gshadow

Luck,

Dwarf
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