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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.

-- 
mwest@uct.ac.za


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