Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 14:51:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: fifan01@dof-rocky.finance.state.mn.us Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: chass -p -Reply Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970403144928.527A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <s343bb14.002@dof-rocky.finance.state.mn.us>
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On Thu, 3 Apr 1997 fifan01@dof-rocky.finance.state.mn.us wrote: > My experience (and from the FreeBSD archives it appears other people > have had this problem) is that chpass -p when executed and passed > correctly formatted input (cypt(3) format), nothing happens... > alternatively if I execute chpass [user] and manually edit the encpass line > everything works fine.... It worked fine here on 2.2.1. You must be root to use -p, and don't forget to list the user. See chpass(8). su chpass -p faslfkansf user Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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