Hi Kaushal I don't know if there is (or which is) a default password assigned for a new user created usind useradd, but after the definition of a new user (for example "patata") you can change his password using the passwd command in this way (being root!): [root@obelix /usr/local/users]# passwd patata Changing password for user patata. New password: <PUT PASSWORD HERE> Retype new password: <CONFIRM PASSWORD HERE> passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully. [root@obelix /usr/local/users]# Hope this can help you. Pedro 05/10/2004 10:24 kaushal <kaushal@xxxxxxxxxx>@vger.kernel.org Enviado por: linux-admin-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Destinatarios: admin <linux-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Asunto: default password Hello all, When we do adduser or useradd at the shell,what is the default password assigned for that new user? Thanks regards- kaushal - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html