Harish,
 i guess u'll have to do a 

passwd xyz

as superuser and give a password for him.
try it.
-him


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harish Mallya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 11:10 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [LIH]useradd problem
> 
> 
> Hello List,
>    I have created an user using useradd command from the shell.
> useradd -d /home/xyz -p password -s /bin/bash xyz
> 
> But when i login using username xyz its giving invalid login 
> whereas i can do a su -l xyz from root.
> 
> One more thing if i create users using the GUI usermanager it 
> works fine.
> 
> Where am i wrong please help me.
> 
> Thanx and regards,
> Harish Mallya
> 
> 
> 
> 
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