I fixed the problem. I found out that we were not using shadow passwords, ran pwconv, and magically it works ok. I don't why this occured adding a user and changing the password when they weren't shadowed.
> > "Derek Doucette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I just created a new account on a redhat 8 box. When I try to change the passwd I >get the following error: > > #passwd derek > > Changing password for user derek. > > New password: > > Retype new password: > > passwd: User not known to the underlying authentication module > > Can you show us the relevant lines from your /etc/passwd and > /etc/shadow files (warning: please munge the second field of the > /etc/shadow entry before you send it to this list). Can you show us > your /etc/nsswitch.conf file? Are you using NIS, NIS+, LDAP, or > something else for authentication? If so, please tell us about this. > > Have you mucked around (read: changed) any password and/or PAM files > recently? If so, please detail your changes. > > Thanks, > > --kevin > -- > ``It's not my goddamn PLANET, understand, MONKEY-BOY?'' > -- John Bigboote > > > -- Derek Doucette http://derek.homeunix.org _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
