On 17.03.14 at 18:25, message wrote: > Readers, > > A previously existing /home directory was mounted into the file system > during the installation process; this directory contained files in a > directory 'a'. > > A user was created from the root user account: > > useradd -M -p [password] -s /bin/bash [username'a'] > > After reboot, the system is restarted as root because the user 'a' is stated > to not exist. The command 'cat /etc/passwd' reveals a password 'x', but this > is not the password that was entered. > > How to solve this error?
From passwd(5): If the password field is a lower-case “x”, then the encrypted password is actually stored in the shadow(5) file instead. So look into /etc/shadow if you are looking for the password.
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