----- Original Message ----- From: "Bret Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 9:28 AM Subject: Re: Problems trying to change passwords with RH7.3
> On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 06:52, Billy Davis wrote: > > We have just done a FRESH install of RH7.3 right out of a retail box, > and have encountered two problems: > > > > 1. We set up several users with temporary passwords for testing. > Later we logged into the Graphical login screen as root, and selected > System Settings-->User Manager. Then we highlighted a user and selected > Properties. When the User Properties window displayed, we rekeyed the > Password and Confirm Password fields and clicked on OK. However, the > passwords did NOT change. After several attempts, we finally tried the > old fashioned(?) 'usermod' approach, and it too failed. Finally, we > deleted the users and readded them with the proper passwords. What is > up with this???? Are we missing something in the procedure? > > > did you, as root, try > passwd username > > Bret No, I did not try passwd username. I tried 'usermod -p newpassword username'. I have since tried 'passwd username' and it worked. Strange that the Xwindow and usermod did not. Thanks for your help Billy > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
