Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 16:46:32 -0400 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: Pedro Leitao <pete@jeeves.poopie.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: passwd Message-ID: <3734A2A8.959ABADD@confusion.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905081449590.13196-100000@jeeves.poopie.net>
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It needs to be suid so that it runs as root, otherwise it can't access the files that it needs to. Solution: cd /usr/bin chmod 2555 passwd and it should work Pedro Leitao wrote: > > before doing anything passwd's permissions where > -r-sr-xr-x 2 root wheel 24976 Feb 15 10:44 /usr/bin/passwd > ^See the S? > now after screwing around I get > -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 24976 Feb 15 10:44 /usr/bin/passwd > ^Now it's gone > when a user tries to change his password it gets this > passwd: error opening database: /etc/pwd.db.: Permission denied > passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged > -- Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. http://stuy.debate.net icq #7434346 aol imer E1101 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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