Hi Guys - Does anyone know what the password that Linux uses when you create a user from the comand line is? I created a user using the following syntax: /user/sbin/useradd -c "Latest user" -g free_email -n -d /u02/free_email/homes/latuser latuser This creates an account for latuser and locks the account. I also see that there is a password entered for that user, do you know what that is? When I sue the following syntax, the account is not locked but, again, the password is not "word999" as I specified with the -p option. /user/sbin/useradd -c "Latest user" -g free_email -n -d /u02/free_email/homes/latuser -p word999 latuser Does anyone know what the default password is? Thanks guys, Michael _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list