Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:57:27 -0500 From: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Permission Denied on passwd Message-ID: <20030305225727.GA669@laptop.lambertfam.org> In-Reply-To: <20030303154931.GJ73302@asu.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> References: <200303031528.h23FScje002664@dc.cis.okstate.edu> <20030303154931.GJ73302@asu.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua>
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passwd and chpass refuse if you su -m username then run passwd as that user. I haven't read the code to find out why and it is not in the man page. Probably something in the environment doesn't match the euid. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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