Re: \'useradd -p\' problems.
From: Gordon Messmer (yinyang@eburg.com)Date: 08/28/01
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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 13:01:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Gordon Messmer <yinyang@eburg.com> To: "joetesta@hushmail.com" <joetesta@hushmail.com> Subject: Re: \'useradd -p\' problems. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108281259400.7806-100000@localhost>
On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, joetesta@hushmail.com wrote:
> On my Trustix 1.2 box, I noticed that creating a user with 'useradd' and
> the '-p' option (which gives the new user a default password) does not hash
> the password in /etc/shadow:
Of course not... Read the man page for useradd:
-p passwd
The encrypted password, as returned by crypt(3) or
an MD5 password generator. The default is to dis
able the account.
That option is intended for use in scripts where the hash has already been
generated.
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