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From: "David E. Fox" <dfox@tsoft.com> To: drew@drewb.com Subject: Re: [svlug] adduser command and passwords Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 08:13:22 -0700 Cc: svlug@svlug.org On Fri, 06 Oct 2000, you wrote: > Can someone explain to me how to set the password in adduser? I can't > seem to get it right? If you're using Redhat, adduser is simply a symlink to useradd, and (surprise) there is no 'deluser'; it's just userdel. Confusing, isn't it? Redhat's useradd/adduser man page makes no mention of passwords. For it, you simply adduser 'desired user' and then setup the initial passwd for them separately with 'passwd'. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Thanks for letting me dfox@shell.tsoft.com change magnetic patterns David.Fox@icp.siemens.com on your hard disk. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ===