Re: password consistency puzzle

From: Bill Vermillion (bv_at_wjv.com)
Date: 11/29/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:35:01 GMT

In article <uLQif.19373$BZ5.4741@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>,
bob prohaska's usenet account <bp@www.zefox.net> wrote:
>Man Cubus <mancubus@nevermind.net> wrote:
>> What's the ADDUSER line that you use?
>>
>Simply "adduser" at the root prompt. I always use it
>interactively, not enough accounts to justify a script.

>It's almost as if adduser and passwd are using different
>encryption schemes. That seems highly implausible.

>Maybe this is just a case of bad typing, but I'm starting
>to wonder. My typing ain't great, but it's right sometimes.

>Thanks for reading,

Look at the file /etc/adduser.conf - which gets set up the first
time you run adduser. Look for the line with 'passwd' in it and
see if it is mis-set.

Bill 

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