[ale] crypt? passwd? faulty package?

[John Wells]

Stephen,

As root, try typing "passwd username" where username is the user whose
password you'd like to change.

This should work, as long as you're root.

John

Stephen Turner said:
> am i supposed to get a passwd from crypt or something? im sorry, i must
> be a complete idiot or have a faulty package somewhere, i just cant get
> a new user to work! ive read man pages and tried the options, even tried
> different orders as if that might matter, i dont wanna run the system in
> root but im thinking ive got no choice! i can allways su into my new
> users but i cant change thier passwords cause they dont seem to be
> valid, which stops me from logging in as them.
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