On 10/11/2013 12:27 AM, Michael Schultz wrote:
Setting a password for that account unlocks it and ssh works as expected. I guess I have to work on my account creation routine.
you might look into mkpasswd, its probably excessively complicated, but it can set a users password
# mkpasswd -l 20 xyzzy zhRovbjh24hcqrg?xqoF
sets a gnarly 20 character password for the xyzzy user. easy to script.