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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.

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Scott Lambert                    KC5MLE                       Unix SysAdmin
lambert@lambertfam.org      

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