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- From: marcf@nexus.yorku.ca (Marc G Fournier)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Users other than root changing password.
- Message-ID: <marcf.725404327@yorku.ca>
- Date: 26 Dec 92 21:12:07 GMT
- References: <1992Dec26.060538.11261@colorado.edu>
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- Organization: York University
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- jwilson@hartree.cs.Colorado.EDU (John Wilson) writes:
-
- >I just installed SLS .99 acouple days ago, and only root is able
- >to change passwords. /bin/passwd replies unable to change password
- >and password locked for user.
-
- >/bin/passwd is -rwsr-xr-x
- >/etc/passwd is -rw-r--r--
- >/etc/shadow is -rw-------
-
- >I thought I saw a question about this the other day and the reply was
- >to apply the fix files, but when I got SLS, there were no fix files
- >on disks a or b series and there have been none since then.
-
- >Passwords are expiring after one day for none root users also.
-
- Me too. And why does useradd automatically put a passwd on
- the account? And what *is* the passwd that it puts on it? I end up
- having to do a 'passwd -d name' to get rid of it, cause I, by default,
- allow the user to set his/her passwd on their own.
-
- Marc
-