Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 20:03:50 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Permission Denied on passwd Message-ID: <20030303180350.GA6597@straylight.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <200303031528.h23FScje002664@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200303031528.h23FScje002664@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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--+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 09:28:38AM -0600, Martin McCormick wrote: > What might cause all users except root to get "permission denied" > every time they try to change their passwords on a new system? >=20 > Here's the scenario: >=20 > $ passwd > Changing local password for martin. > Old password: > passwd: Permission denied > passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged > $ >=20 > I have checked permissions on /etc/master.passwd and > /etc/passwd and they agree with the corresponding files on > another 4.7 system that works. >=20 > $ ls -l /etc/*passwd > -rw------- 1 root wheel 1605 Mar 3 08:12 /etc/master.passwd > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1367 Mar 3 08:12 /etc/passwd > $ cd / > $ ls -l |grep usr > drwxr-xr-x 16 root wheel 512 Nov 11 11:34 usr > $ ls -l /usr/bin/passwd > -r-sr-xr-x 2 root wheel 32504 Oct 9 07:51 /usr/bin/passwd Just a wild guess: you have not mounted /usr with the 'nosuid' mount option, have you? G'luck, Peter --=20 Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@sbnd.net roam@FreeBSD.org PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint FDBA FD79 C26F 3C51 C95E DF9E ED18 B68D 1619 4553 The rest of this sentence is written in Thailand, on --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+Y5kF7Ri2jRYZRVMRAkIOAKCReii8wSEfs/g2iuQpF/mmrLIXrACgniXS k/6oAViZIBOvaSCm1DYmB0o= =bjbU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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