Can't add new user in lucid

[Fred Roller]

On 03/26/2010 09:21 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 26 March 2010 13:18, Karl Larsen<klarsen1 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> On 03/26/2010 06:53 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>      
>>> I seem to have found a bug in lucid but it is so basic that I hesitate
>>> to report it in case I just being stupid.
>>>
>>> I created a new user using System Administration Users and Groups but
>>> am unable to login as that user.  I get an authentication error.  I
>>> have tried creating several users and have double checked passwords
>>> but to no avail.
>>>
>>> In auth.log I see
>>> piglet gdm-session-worker[2554]: pam_winbind(gdm:auth): request
>>> wbcLogonUser failed: WBC_ERR_AUTH_ERROR, PAM error: PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
>>> (10), NTSTATUS: NT_STATUS_NO_SUCH_USER, Error message was: No such
>>> user
>>>
>>> In addition in what may be a related or separate bug if I try to
>>> change the password of the user fred using
>>> sudo passwd fred
>>> I get
>>> passwd: System err
>>> and in auth.log
>>> Mar 26 12:50:28 piglet sudo:   colinl : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/colinl ;
>>> USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/passwd fred
>>> Mar 26 12:50:28 piglet passwd[2666]: pam_winbind(passwd:chauthtok):
>>> valid_user: wbcGetpwnam gave WBC_ERR_DOMAIN_NOT_FOUND
>>>
>>> I can't find either of these in launchpad.
>>>
>>> Colin
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>         If you need me to try your bug in my Lucid I will try to do what you
>> did.
>>
>>      
> That would be helpful, thanks
>
> Colin
>
>    
created a user and was able to log in.  your password is only 4 
characters long.  before there used to be a requirement for at least 6 
characters (i think) and the bug seems to be that is let you create the 
user with the short password and as a consequence another sub system may 
be confused.  have you tried lengthening the password to >6 characters?  
just a thought.

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