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Date:      Wed, 2 Oct 2002 11:00:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/43582: passwd(1) fails on nonexistent users
Message-ID:  <200210021800.g92I09cS020324@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/43582; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
To: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: Dan Pelleg <daniel+gnats@pelleg.org>, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: bin/43582: passwd(1) fails on nonexistent users
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 20:57:03 +0300

 On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 09:30:05AM -0700, Ceri Davies wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR bin/43582; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >=20
 > From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>
 > To: Dan Pelleg <daniel+gnats@pelleg.org>
 > Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
 > Subject: Re: bin/43582: passwd(1) fails on nonexistent users
 > Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 17:02:21 +0100
 >=20
 >  On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 07:26:50AM -0700, Dan Pelleg wrote:
 > =20
 >  This doesn't seem to be a problem with the current release:
 > =20
 >  {setantae@rhadamanth}-{~} $ uname -sr
 >  FreeBSD 4.7-RC
 >  {setantae@rhadamanth}-{~} $ passwd -u root
 >  passwd: illegal option -- u
 
 A quick look at src/usr.bin/passwd/passwd.c seems to show that the -u
 option is only valid for a YP && KERBEROS build of passwd(1).  If you
 have customized your /etc/make.conf to *not* include MAKE_KERBEROS4=3Dyes,
 your passwd(1) will not recognize -u.
 
 Apparently, releases are built with support for both krb4 and krb5, thus
 the passwd(1) binary in the official release will recognize -u.
 
 G'luck,
 Peter
 
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