Hi ALUG,

I've just tried to add a new user to a Debian unstable system I manage on a virtual server but have run up against some sort of authentication problem.

As normal, I used adduser:

$ sudo adduser interface Adding user `interface' ... Adding new group `interface' (1002) ... Adding new user `interface' (1002) with group `interface' ... Creating home directory `/home/interface' ... Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...

But then it said this:

Current Kerberos password: passwd: User not known to the underlying authentication module passwd: password unchanged Try again? [y/N] n

Hitting n continued like this:

Changing the user information for interface Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name []: Interface2011 Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: Other []: Is the information correct? [Y/n] y

It seems I can't set a password for this user now:

$ sudo su interface $ passwd Current Kerberos password: passwd: User not known to the underlying authentication module passwd: password unchanged

I've heard of Kerberos and it all sounds great, but as far as I know, I don't "use it" (if that's the right expression) on this system. And I'd prefer just to use an ordinary UNIX password, because I just want it to work.

I tried commenting out a line in /etc/pam.d/common-password:

#password requisite pam_krb5.so minimum_uid=1000 password [success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so obscure use_authtok try_first_pass sha512

But I'm not whether: a) this has been effective; or b) would solve the problem anyway.

Any ideas how to make it not try and use Kerberos?

Best, Richard