Bug 66844

Summary:	The option "-p"in the useradd tool didn`t encrypt the password
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Thiago Dourado <tdourado>
Component:	shadow-utils	Assignee:	Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
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Version:	7.3	CC:	teg
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Description Thiago Dourado 2002-06-17 17:55:42 UTC

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Description of problem:
When I use de option -p with que useradd tool the password field in the shadow 
file is not encryted and the user could not login before the administrator 
change the password

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.# useradd danielad -p daniela123 -G wheel -c "Daniela Daros -- EBSD"
2. # more /etc/passwd | grep danielad
> danielad:x:509:510:Daniela Daros -- EBSD:/home/danielad:/bin/bash
3.# more /etc/shadow | grep danielad
> danielad:daniela123:11850:0:186:7:::
	

Additional info:

Comment 1 Trond Eivind Glomsrxd 2002-06-17 18:21:38 UTC

The man page clearly states that "-p" is for the encrypted password, not a
plaintext one.

Also, useradd is not part of the unarj package.