Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 11:05:53 +0100 (MET) From: Zoltan Sebestyen <sebesty@cs.elte.hu> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: FreeBSD hackers mailinglist <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Problems with passwd utility. Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971117110248.15317B-100000@neumann.cs.elte.hu> In-Reply-To: <19971116210828.OU36167@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, J Wunsch wrote:
> As Lucas Adri n GĒmez BlandĒn wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone, I'm install FreeBSD 2.1.7.1 (STABLE), it was a piece of
> > cake!, but when a user call "passwd" he receive "Permision denied".
>
> That most likely means you're attempting to change the password for
> someone else than yourself (e.g. since you're "su"ed to another user).
I've got the same problem(and still have). I have to type 'passwd
<myusername>' to get it work. Before that, I used vipw to edit the passwd
file, because I discovered that my account was in a non-existent group.
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Sebestyen Zoltan It all seems so stupid,
it makes me want to give up.
szoli@digo.inf..elte.hu But why should I give up,
when it all seems so stupid?
MAKE INSTALL NOT WAR
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