[FC8] useradd anomaly - GUI or command line???

[Ed Greshko]

Deepak Shrestha wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to add new users in my FC8 machine.
> 
> As root I issued command
> # groupadd zion
> # useradd -c "Some User" -m -g zion -p secret666 someuser
> 
> now If try to login from console is unsuccessful
> ===================
> login: someuser
> Password: secret666
> 
> gives me
> 
> login Incorrect
> ==================
> 
> I open the GUI user manager and remove the currently created user and
> added the user the same name and password and added him to the zion
> group.
> Now i can login with that name and password noramally.
> 
> My Question
> =========
> Is there something broken in command line tool "useradd"?

No....

Read the man page for useradd and pay close attention to the -p parameter.