From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jul 19 14:33:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA20813 for current-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jul 1996 14:33:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (skynet.ctr.columbia.edu [128.59.64.70]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA20805 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 1996 14:32:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wpaul@localhost) by skynet.ctr.columbia.edu (8.6.12/8.6.9) id RAA16896; Fri, 19 Jul 1996 17:29:29 -0400 From: Bill Paul Message-Id: <199607192129.RAA16896@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> Subject: Re: /usr/bin/passwd and finger output To: richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU (Veggy Vinny) Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 17:29:28 -0400 (EDT) Cc: current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Veggy Vinny" at Jul 19, 96 01:53:34 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, Veggy Vinny had to walk into mine and say: > A few days ago, I reported that the latest -current's > /usr/bin/passwd won't work for people not in the wheel group. Today > with the latest -current build, the same thing still happens: > > dennis@mercury [1:45pm][~] >> passwd > passwd: Permission denied > dennis@mercury [1:45pm][~] >> dir /usr/bin/passwd > -r-sr-xr-x 2 root bin 32768 Jul 19 12:45 /usr/bin/passwd > dennis@mercury [1:45pm][~] >> How about trying 'which passwd' and seeing what it returns? How about trying to run /usr/bin/passwd explicitly (with the full path)? You sure you don't have a /usr/local/bin/passwd or a cutsey alias hidden away somewhere? > This is happening on 4 different machines so it's not a configuration > issue. Is there a work around this? Somebody else out there please test this. I don't have a -current box handy with which to test it myself (I'll try it on my 2.1 box tonight). I strongly suspect that it is some sort of configuration error, albeit a bizarre one. I suspect this mainly because nobody else has reported having the same trouble. > Also, the finger output seems to be really different than the > previous one atleast for the date and time. > > Login: dennis Name: Dennis Pang > Directory: /home/dennis Shell: /usr/local/bin/tcsh > Last login 07/16/96 10:01:1 (PDT) on ttyp3 from 206.28.134.6 > New mail received 07/17/96 21:54:4 (PDT) > Unread since 07/16/96 10:01:2 (PDT) > No Plan. > > Vince Somebody hacked a bit on the stdtime stuff in libc recently and I think there were some problems (times reported by ls were a little busted too, apparently). You may have to sup again and rebuild libc. -Bill -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager, Master of Unix-Fu Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ============================================================================= "If you're ever in trouble, go to the CTR. Ask for Bill. He will help you." =============================================================================