From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 1 08:49:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA28943 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 08:49:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA28935 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 08:49:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-135.laker.net [208.0.233.35]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id LAA32386; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 11:40:41 -0400 Message-Id: <199809011540.LAA32386@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "Alexander Rainchik" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 11:35:00 -0500 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.00.1500) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: "pw show user -a" won't work in 2.2.7 :) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 01 Sep 1998 17:36:51 +0400, Alexander Rainchik wrote: >Just installed 2.2.7-RELEASE and mentioned, that pw command >now require root priviliegies to show users or groups. When >i type from ordinary account > >host% pw show user -a > >it simply print /etc/passwd on 2.2.[56] and dies silently on 2.2.7 >>From root account it works fine. Is it 2.2.7-specific bug or feature? >How it works on your 2.2.7 box? It works just fine on my 2.2.7 I'm running RELEASE, but applied -current pacthes once (around Aug 20). My user is in group wheel... I just added my daughter to this box (she's definitely NOT in wheel) and it works for her too... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message