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Subject: Re: misc/39382: Passwd will not work when root su's into a user.
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Synopsis: Passwd will not work when root su's into a user.

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: cjc
State-Changed-When: Mon Jun 17 22:04:29 PDT 2002
State-Changed-Why: 
As you mention, the fix is simply to give passwd(1) the user's name as
an argument. When logged in as root,

  # passwd user

To change 'user's password rather than bothering to su(1) to the
user. This is the intended and desired behavior.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=39382

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