Bryan Porter wrote...
I'm running SuSE 6.2 and am having some problems with YaST... if I add a user to my system, then try to send mail to that user, or su to that user, or do anything to that user, I get a 'User does not exist' error. HOWEVER, the user is listed in both the shadow and passwd files, belongs to a vaild group, has a mail spool and a home directory. I'm more that a little confused. :)
Check the /etc/shadow file and make sure that user isn't pre-expired. here are the fields: 1) username 2) encrypted password 3) days since 1/1/1970 password was last changed 4) days before which password may not be changed 5) days after which password must be changed. 6) days before password is to expire that user is warned of pending password expiration. 7) days after password expires that account is considered inactive and disabled. 8) days since Jan 1, 1970 when account will be disabled. 9) reserved for future use. I have seen programs like useradd, etc. add a user with a pre-expired password. josh