Greetings, I have inherited a SuSE 6.2 box with some interesting account/password problems. When I add a user using YaST the new user is always given a user ID of 509. When I try to change the pasword using passwd or YaST I am told the new user does not exist or in YaST the fields do no populate as expected. Existing users populate properly and I can change their passwords using passwd with no problem. It appears that the previous administrator deleted some entries directly fom /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd. The only thing I noticed strange in shadow and passwd were entries in each that were old users that were no longer needed. I thought that mabey these inconsistencies were the problem, so I deleted these unnecessary entries. This was not the problem. /shadow and passwd now agree on the accounts and users that should be on the machine, I can change passwords on existing accounts, and I can add new users. However as I said, I cannot edit the accounts using YaST or passwd At this point I have no reason to suspect the system to have been compromised, but... Any observations or help in this area would be appreciated. best, __ Wm. J. Sandman III Need Win95 or BETTER? Systems Programmer MacOs crashed your new G3? Internet Tool & Die Try Linux... wsandman@tool.net It's not just for breakfast anymore. PGP Key fingerprint = 7C C5 22 45 07 62 4C D9 94 CA C7 C1 44 FF BA D4 <HR> <UL> <LI>application/pgp-signature attachment: stored </UL> -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/