[CLUE-Tech] groupadd, usermod, etc. prompting root to enter password

[Matt Gushee]

On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 09:49:59AM -0700, David Anselmi wrote:
> 
> >And anyway, what would be the point of entering a password for a group?
> >Groups don't have passwords, right?
> 
> Apparently they do, and newgrp knows how to use them.  At least on RH 6.2.
> 

Hmm, newgrp. That's an interesting command, and one I hadn't heard of.
Not really useful at the moment, but good to know about.

Anyway, whatever was wrong, there's been a new release of the shadow
package, and it puts things back to normal.

Thanks for the help!


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