At 09:08 PM 4/19/98 -0300, you wrote:

>Yes and no. I added some users with control-panel andanothers using
adduser, but
>both methods failed.

>> Have you (as root) issued the command:
>> prompt# passwd username
>> and given them good passwords.

  I have learned that despite the man page (and the printed references I
have), I have to manually issue initial passwords to new users even when
I've used useradd from the command line. Certainly beyond my understanding
why, but the two step process works.

Rich

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