According to Ted Gervais: While burning my CPU.
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> On Sat, 15 Aug 1998, Richard Adams wrote:
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> > My Redhat 4.2 system puts in a "*" but you are forgetting to use;
> > 'passwd <new_account>'
> >
> > After 'passwd <new_account>' has been used and succsesfully completed
> > then the passwd file will have an encripted passwd and the owner can login.
>
> Thanks Richard for responding to my query on passwd. Well, I run slackware
> and I get a syntax error when I try and use 'passwd <new_account>'.
> However, it was a good thought. Thanks again.
Ted,
Syntax error means what is says, you possably are not typing a command in
properly.
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> I will have to continue looking around to find out why things are not
> working right. I have tried manually making a new account and left the
> password out. Then I logged in as that user and entered passwd name and
> went through putting in the password. AFter I entered it twice it ended by
> saying 'Cannot lock the password file; try again later'. I wonder what
> that means?
You need to remove the password lock file called /etc/.pass.lck or something
along thoses lines, go tho' the passwd command again, it will tell you the
name of the file, you could rename it first if it is more than 0 bytes.
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Regards Richard.
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