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From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
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Subject: Re: i386/35816: no one can change password, because "passwd DB is locked"
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On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 03:52:40AM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote:
>   4) chpass re-reads and locks the master.passwd (note that user
>      interaction has finished).
> 
>   5) chpass checks that the changes are sane (that the user still
>      exists, that fields that the user cannot change are not reverted,
>      etc.).

At this stage it may be best to bail if any of that user's fields
have changed - that way you're least likely to get unexpected
interactions.

	David.

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