add user

[dldeskins]

I set up a ubuntu server (8.04) on an old dell machine. Everything is working well, but I think I am doing something wrong here.

I would like to add a new user:
sudo adduser -c "My User" myuser

It gives me this before I enter a password:
passwd: password updated successfully

When I try to change the password with this:
sudo passwd myuser

I get this before i have entered anything:
passwd: password updated successfully

What am i doing wrong?

[John Cheng]

I set up a ubuntu server (8.04) on an old dell machine. Everything is working well, but I think I am doing something wrong here.

I would like to add a new user:
sudo adduser -c "My User" myuser

It gives me this before I enter a password:
passwd: password updated successfully

When I try to change the password with this:
sudo passwd myuser

I get this before i have entered anything:
passwd: password updated successfully

What am i doing wrong?

Nothing as far as I can see. Try to log into the "root" shell, then run passwd, it might give you more information with this approach.



sudo su -
# now you would be in the root shell
passwd myuser

[dldeskins]

sudo su -
# now you would be in the root shell
passwd myuser

OK... I figured it out. I was using the likewise-open for Windows Active Directory. I didn't really need it, so i removed it.

Thanks