Re: Can't define password
From: Madan Mohan Jampani (madan@tokyo.cc.gatech.edu)Date: 11/11/02
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From: Madan Mohan Jampani <madan@tokyo.cc.gatech.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:41:35 -0500 To: FF <no@spam.org>
dont do a #su userX
remain as su and type passwd userX. It will not prompt for the current
passwd
-m
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, FF wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I'm trying to create a new user/password on Redhat 7.3.
> I type:
> #su
> #/usr/sbin/useradd userX
> #su userX
> #passwd
>
> Here's what I get:
> Changing password for user userX.
> Changing password for userX
> (current) UNIX password:
> passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
>
> Well, the problem is that I don't know the current UNIX password, since I've
> just created that user! I haven't yet defined any password for it!
>
> What's wrong?
> Thanks for the help
>
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