On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 12:19:12PM +0800, Paolo Dizon wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] home]# passwd jlim > Changing password for user jlim. > New password: > BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word > Retype new password: > Failed to find entry for user jlim. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Do both /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow have entries for this user? If one file does and the other doesn't, you'll get an error that looks like that.
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