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. -- john r pierce 37N 122W somewhere on the middle of the left coast