Problem adding new user...

I am having a problem adding a new user. Perhaps I don't understand the shadow file or sth. I use FC2 with GNOME. I used at first the command-line I/F since I'm more familiar and more comfortable with that technique of sys admin. [jmccarty@Presario-1]$ su - Password: [root@Presario-1 root]# useradd freddy [root@Presario-1 root]# passwd freddy Changing password for user freddy. New UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully. [root@Presario-1 root]# exit [jmccarty@Presario-1 jmccarty]$ finger freddy Login: freddy Name: (null) Directory: /home/freddy Shell: /bin/bash Never logged in. No mail. No Plan. [jmccarty@Presario-1 jmccarty]$ login login: freddy Password: Login incorrect login: login: Login incorrect login: Login incorrect login: Login incorrect [jmccarty@Presario-1 jmccarty]$ grep freddy /etc/passwd freddy:x:502:502::/home/freddy:/bin/bash [jmccarty@Presario-1 jmccarty]$ I'm sure I typed in the password correctly. So,... [jmccarty@Presario-1 jmccarty]$ su - Password: [root@Presario-1 root]# userdel -r freddy [root@Presario-1 root]# finger freddy finger: freddy: no such user. [root@Presario-1 root]# exit [jmccarty@Presario-1 jmccarty]$ Then I used the [RedHat]->System Settings->Users and Groups to create the user, with the same results. The user and /home/freddy get created, but I can't log in as freddy. At least, not using login. What am I missing? Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!