Am Montag, 8. September 2003 20:16 schrieb Bryan Feir:
> On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 05:45:32PM +0200, Heribert Slama wrote:
> > When I modify a user entry with KDE's User Management and finally
> > save the changes, I get warning dialogs (something like "no shadow
> > entry for user <user>") for _every_ user and have to click them
> > away;-(
>
>    This is because the passwd and shadow files have to be kept in sync,
> with the same lines in both.  Every time you create a new user, it has to
> create a new entry in both passwd and shadow files.  Once the entry in
> the shadow file exists, though, you shouldn't keep getting these.

And the command to do this is /usr/sbin/pwconv.

Bye...

        Dirk
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