Using useradd/usermod -p [password] does not encrypt the password in the /etc/shadow file
Issue
- Using useradd -p [password] or usermod -p [password] does not encrypt the password in the /etc/shadow file, it updates shadow file with plain text password and the user get access denied during login.
For Example
# useradd -m -s /bin/csh -pMonday test
# getent shadow test
test:Monday:15054:0:99999:7:::
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4/5/6
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