Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 16:46:32 -0400 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: Pedro Leitao <pete@jeeves.poopie.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: passwd Message-ID: <3734A2A8.959ABADD@confusion.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905081449590.13196-100000@jeeves.poopie.net>
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It needs to be suid so that it runs as root, otherwise it can't access
the files that it needs to.
Solution:
cd /usr/bin
chmod 2555 passwd
and it should work
Pedro Leitao wrote:
>
> before doing anything passwd's permissions where
> -r-sr-xr-x 2 root wheel 24976 Feb 15 10:44 /usr/bin/passwd
> ^See the S?
> now after screwing around I get
> -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 24976 Feb 15 10:44 /usr/bin/passwd
> ^Now it's gone
> when a user tries to change his password it gets this
> passwd: error opening database: /etc/pwd.db.: Permission denied
> passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged
>
--
Laurence Berland, Stuyvesant HS Debate
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Windows 98: n.
useless extension to a minor patch release for
32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a
16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor,
written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for
1 bit of competition.
http://stuy.debate.net
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