Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 19:20:54 +0300 From: Roman Emelyanov <ers@ers.msk.ru> To: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Permission Denied on passwd Message-ID: <198346153953.20030303192054@ers.msk.ru> In-Reply-To: <200303031528.h23FScje002664@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200303031528.h23FScje002664@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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Hello Martin, Monday, March 3, 2003, 6:28:38 PM, you wrote: MM> What might cause all users except root to get "permission denied" MM> every time they try to change their passwords on a new system? MM> Here's the scenario: MM> $ passwd MM> Changing local password for martin. MM> Old password: MM> passwd: Permission denied MM> passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged MM> $ MM> I have checked permissions on /etc/master.passwd and MM> /etc/passwd and they agree with the corresponding files on MM> another 4.7 system that works. MM> $ ls -l /etc/*passwd MM> -rw------- 1 root wheel 1605 Mar 3 08:12 /etc/master.passwd MM> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1367 Mar 3 08:12 /etc/passwd MM> $ cd / MM> $ ls -l |grep usr MM> drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 512 Nov 11 11:34 usr MM> $ ls -l /usr/bin/passwd MM> -r-sr-xr-x 2 root wheel 32504 Oct 9 07:51 /usr/bin/passwd MM> When I built that system, I installed from a CDROM and MM> then overlayed some files from an older system for the user MM> directories including mine. I thought I might have ended up with MM> a different uid on this system, but that is not the case. MM> I even tried pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd as root which MM> worked all right, but it didn't fix or change anything. Where MM> else might I look to figure out what I accidentally did to cause MM> this problem? MM> If I ssh to the system from another system and try to use MM> a password to get in, I also get Permission denied messages. MM> What really happens is that the first 3 prompts just say MM> "password:" and then I see "martin's password:" and then I get MM> denied until I run out of retries. MM> This system is a server and is doing fine in that MM> respect. ssh with exchange of public keys and the ability to su MM> to root is the only way I can get in right now, but that method MM> works normally. The password permission problem appears to be MM> the only thing that is broken. MM> Thank you for any constructive suggestions as I haven't MM> found anything that looks odd yet. MM> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK MM> OSU Center for Computing and Information Services Network Operations Group MM> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org MM> with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message Check permissions on passwd application: -r-sr-xr-x 2 root wheel 5840 Jan 16 23:29 /usr/bin/passwd -- Best regards, Roman mailto:ers@ers.msk.ru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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