Date: Sunday, June 14, 2020 17:26:42 -0400 From: Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
On 6/14/20 1:39 PM, Jay Hart wrote:
You may need to modify /etc/shadow for consistency.
I don't know what to do here. Need some guidance please.
Run "vipw -s" and make the same change to that file's record for ABCLast.
In /etc/passwd the directory was shown in plain text. So I just moved over in the line and changed /home/ABCLast to /home/ALast. Saved file, and exited.
I don't see a directory name in /etc/shadow using 'vipw -s'
The /etc/shadow file doesn't have the user directory information, rather the username and the password (and some other bits - man shadow for the details). With the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow out of sync - having different versions of the username - I suspect that the user can't log in. You should also fix the shadow group file (gshadow). Look at the man page for vipw for the command for doing that.
All files seem to have the correct updated username, and the user can login.
Jay
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