Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 09:50:23 -0500 (CDT) From: "Thomas M. Duffey" <tduffey@wmdesign.net> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with passwd Message-ID: <4698.169.207.71.242.967992623.squirrel@www.wmdesign.net> In-Reply-To: <20000902160638.V62475@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> References: <20000902160638.V62475@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
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> On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 12:14:00PM -0500, Thomas M. Duffey wrote: > > Dear FreeBSD Users, > > > > I have three FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE machines here, and all have the same > > problem. If a normal user (i.e. not root, not in wheel group) tries to > > change their password, the following occurs: > > > > su-2.03$ passwd > > passwd: Permission denied > > > > However, the following works: > > > > su-2.03$ passwd my_user_name > > Changing local password for my_user_name. > > Old password: > > > > I would guess that somehow the users are not being identified > correctly by passwd(1). That is, in the first case, the getlogin(3) > inside passwd is not returning who you expect. > > How are these users logging in? Had I known this earlier I would have included it in the original post, but it seems the problem only occurs when I 'su' to some user, regardless of what paramaters I pass to su. Logging in directly as the user from console or via ssh does not create this problem. Tom Duffey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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