Tuesday, August 8, 2017

password - Ubuntu 14.04 - New User Account



I have a question regarding the creation of a new user on Ubuntu 14.04. When I go to "User Accounts" and click "+" to make a new account, it asks for "Account Type", "Full Name", and "Username". After selecting the account type and entering a "Full Name", it suggests a username which I accepted.




It does not ask for a password and when I try login to the new user account, no passwords are accepted. How do I set a password for this user account and why doesn't it ask this while creating the account? Thanks.



Open a terminal



sudo passwd username


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Click where it says account disabled and you will get prompted for the password.


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