On 20 Aug 2002, Harish  Mallya wrote:

>    I have created an user using useradd command from the shell.
> useradd -d /home/xyz -p password -s /bin/bash xyz
                          ^^^^^^^^

Did you read the man page first?

The password that you pass to -p must be encrypted.  ie, you must 
preencrypt the password using one of the standard encryption algorithms.


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                -- Homer Simpson
                   The Last Temptation of Homer



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