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.