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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
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Subject: Re: passwd problem.
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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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