-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 26 January 2003 06:50 am, Santhosh wrote: > Hi All, > I tried to add user in /etc/passwd file, I added a line in /etc/passwd > Test:x:501:501::/home/Test:/bin/bash and then i saved.When i try to > give the passwd it gives the following error. i tried the command > passwd Test, passwd: Authentication token manipulation error.Is there > any other file i need to update. Can somebody help me to overcome this > problem.
Remove the line you added to /etc/passwd, and add the user using the 'useradd' command. "useradd test" for example. 'man useradd' for details. - -- - -Michael pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt Red Hat Linux 7.{2,3}|8.0 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/ - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+M+hMn/07WoAb/SsRAr9qAJ9mzR9/crUhHFj58/aQodqkWEsvYwCgrnpo JfzqiuWMmY7R7alifoXB2xM= =Nqwb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
