Re: Debian Failure Setting Password

2007-11-05 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 08:47:27PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > I've run into a problem after I performed the following: > > [1] Changed the password for my root user with the usermod command. > [2] Changed the password of a non-root user with the usermod command. > [3] Added a new user with

Re: Debian Failure Setting Password

2007-11-03 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Redefined Horizons wrote: Andrew, You are probably correct. I didn't think about encryption. I'm going to give the system rescue cd another shot. usermod --password would be useful in a script. If you are going to do it manually, just use "passwd " as root. Scott Huey On 11/3/07, Andrew

Re: Debian Failure Setting Password

2007-11-03 Thread Redefined Horizons
Andrew, You are probably correct. I didn't think about encryption. I'm going to give the system rescue cd another shot. Scott Huey On 11/3/07, Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 08:47:27PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > > I've run into a problem after

Re: Debian Failure Setting Password

2007-11-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 08:47:27PM -0700, Redefined Horizons wrote: > I've run into a problem after I performed the following: > > [1] Changed the password for my root user with the usermod command. > [2] Changed the password of a non-root user with the usermod command. according to man usermod,

Debian Failure Setting Password

2007-11-03 Thread Redefined Horizons
I've run into a problem after I performed the following: [1] Changed the password for my root user with the usermod command. [2] Changed the password of a non-root user with the usermod command. [3] Added a new user with a password using the useradd command. After making these changes I could no