[CLUE-Tech] groupadd, usermod, etc. prompting root to enter password

[David Anselmi]

Matt Gushee wrote:
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> Seriously though, do you happen to recall what search string you used to
> find that? I didn't find anything remotely useful.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=groupadd+"asks+for+password"

The first hit is:

http://www.redhat.com/archives/redhat-list/2000-August/msg02454.html

which describes the behavior you're seeing and mentions the newgrp command.

> And anyway, what would be the point of entering a password for a group?
> Groups don't have passwords, right?

Apparently they do, and newgrp knows how to use them.  At least on RH 6.2.

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> So evidently something is hosed on one of the machines.

Sounds like different configs to me, maybe PAM or some distro specific 
config.

Dave