Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 03:15:29 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Fosburgh <jef53313@Bayou.UH.EDU> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: problem with passwd Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.971123031217.31971A-100000@Bayou.UH.EDU>
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I recently had a very serious problem which resulted in my needing to reinstall fbsd (half the system got lost in a very bad crash), and now when I attempt passwd as a non-root, I get the error: passwd: error opening database: /etc/pwd.db.: Permission denied Can someone please tell me the proper permissions on the necessary files? Although I can do this as root I would rather not have to take care of the few accounts I have like this. Thank you. Jonathan Fosburgh, wotan@scientist.com , University of Houston Geophysics http://www.geocities.com/vienna/1498 FreeBSD: Turning PCs into Workstations http://www.freebsd.org ******************************************************************************* We shall not cease from exploration, And the end of our exploring shall be to arrive Where we started from, and know the place for the first time. --T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets *******************************************************************************
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