Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:50:03 +0200 From: Matthew West <mwest@uct.ac.za> To: Riccardo.Veraldi@fi.infn.it Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: passwd problem. Message-ID: <20010710125003.A1927@apotheosis.org.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.4.33.0107100923240.8986-100000@nikita.fi.infn.it>; from "Riccardo.Veraldi@fi.infn.it" on Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 09:25:32AM References: <Pine.NEB.4.33.0107100923240.8986-100000@nikita.fi.infn.it>
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On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 09:25:32AM +0200, Riccardo.Veraldi@fi.infn.it wrote:
> durlindana{fddi}[~]> passwd
> passwd: Permission denied
Try "passwd username"?
I've experienced this before. Some xterm's don't seem to set the USER
variable, so passwd assumes that you're trying to set root's password.
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mwest@uct.ac.za
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