On Sun, 24 Jul 2005, Keith Bowerman wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Paul Sladen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > find the password hash in '/etc/shadow' and delete it > My user name is shown, followed by a lot of random looking symbols, but > having played about with that, I am still in the same situation.
The password hash is the "random looking symbols" in the second column (everything between the ':' colons). Try making this: keith:aefAWffp98fA2:nnnnn:m:ooooo:p::: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ look like: keith::nnnnn:m:ooooo:p::: Hope that helps, -Paul -- The summer is shorter here. Tampere, FI -- ubuntu-uk mailing list ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk