[ale] useradd -m failed

Mike Still MikeS at McBurney.com
Tue Oct 15 23:34:56 EDT 2002


after the useradd you're doing a 'passwd username'?
there is no default password and just pressing enter won't work.  you
have to set the passwd before logging in with the username.

On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 20:43, Stephen Turner wrote:
> hi the advice you gave me about useradd -m failed, it created the name but
> it still doesnt work, when i relogin as that user it wont accept the
> password?? when i try to recreate the user i cant because the user is
> allready created? theres no home directory? i must have a faulty system? 
> how do i delete those users so i can reuse the name? or repair it?
> 
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