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- From: chris@suite.sw.oz.au (Chris Maltby)
- Subject: Re: Problems with root passwd!!!!
- Organization: Softway Pty Ltd
- Date: 20 Nov 92 06:14:07 GMT
- Message-ID: <chris.722240047@suite.sw.oz.au>
- References: <1992Nov12.213521.26689@tandem.com> <1992Nov18.083608.15657@cxbne.cx.OZ.AU>
- Sender: news@softway.sw.oz.au (Usenet)
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- In <1992Nov18.083608.15657@cxbne.cx.OZ.AU> brett@cxbne.cx.OZ.AU (Brett Worth) writes:
-
- >chopper@gumbytsg.tandem.com (Michael Chop) writes:
- >>One of our mips machines is experiencing the following problem
- >
- >>The user(also a super user) couldnt log in as root as his root passwd was
- >>not being accepted. He tried su but that was of no help.
- >
- >>So I went down to single user and removed the root passwd. I then tried to
- >>set a new root passwd.
- >
- >>Everytime I did a
- >># passwd
- >
- >>I would get,
- >
- >>New passwd:
- >>Re-enter new passwd:
- >
- >I have seen a similar problem to this a long time ago on an RSX system.
- >
- >The problem turned out to be that the console terminal was in a mode
- >there it was doing a LF and a CR when the RETURN key was hit. Enter
- >icrnl and you get two NLs.
-
- It can also be because the passwd (and su) command opens /dev/tty
- to read the passwd. If some other process pgrp matches the controlling
- pgrp of the terminal you are on, the open of /dev/tty will fail. It
- can then read EBADFs until satisfied, but no banana.
- --
- Chris Maltby - Softway Pty Ltd Internet: chris@softway.sw.oz.au
-
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