Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 14:36:12 +0000 From: Jamie Heckford <heckfordj@psi-domain.co.uk> To: so@server.i-clue.de Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Denying password change Message-ID: <20010302143612.E3993@storm.psi-domain.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <3A9FA71A.D7B59AF6@i-clue.de>; from so@server.i-clue.de on Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 13:58:50 %2B0000 References: <20010302133522.A3993@storm.psi-domain.co.uk> <3A9FA71A.D7B59AF6@i-clue.de>
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Done that, but FreeBSD pops up the following message: rafiu# chmod go-x /usr/bin/passwd chmod: /usr/bin/passwd: Operation not permitted (Yes I am running as root!) Heres my system info: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #2: Fri Mar 2 14:32:31 GMT 2001 root@:/usr/src/sys/compile/RAFIU Any ideas?! Thanks, Jamie On 2001.03.02 13:58 Christoph Sold wrote: > > > Jamie Heckford schrieb: > > > > Is there anyway that I can prevent users with a shell account changing > > their passwords?? > > > > The reason being is that I know that if they are allowed to change > their > > passwords insecure one will be chosen, like their name or something > > and I would like to assign them "secure" passwords that they cannot > > change. > > > > Any help appreciated. > > chmod go-x /usr/bin/passwd > > Now you _have_ to be root to change passwords. Be warend, there are > other tools which may change passwords, too. > > HTH > -Christoph Sold > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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