Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 13:52:34 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Mark=20Redding?= <mwj_gb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: passwd Message-ID: <20030606125234.28904.qmail@web41110.mail.yahoo.com>
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#snip# passwd needs to run setuid root, so it can write the new password to /etc/master.passwd: [homer: danielby: ~]$ ls -l `which passwd` -r-sr-xr-x 2 root wheel 32824 19 May 11:04 /usr/bin/passwd* You need to re-enable the setuid bit. #end-snip# That's not it I'm afraid. The setuid bit was set anyway, and anyway, users who are members of the wheel group can execute the passwd command without trouble (I've only switched off 'other' access). :-( ===== Mark W J Redding __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/yplus/yoffer.html
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