Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 12:29:29 +0400 From: "Eugene M. Minkovskii" <emin@mccme.ru> To: Christian Tischler <mail@myunix.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.x forgetting passwords. Message-ID: <20050531082929.GA25727@mccme.ru> In-Reply-To: <429B1AD9.5020907@myunix.net> References: <429A2C4D.7010002@myunix.net> <20050530111648.GA20540@mccme.ru> <429B1AD9.5020907@myunix.net>
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On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 03:53:29PM +0200, Christian Tischler wrote: " Eugene M. Minkovskii wrote: " " >On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 10:55:41PM +0200, Christian Tischler wrote: " >" Hi, " >" I am running a FreeBSD 5.1 system and some time ago it startet to " >" "forget" some user passwords. " >" As the system is now running for over 2 years I cannot imagine any " >" reason why this shound be. " >" Any ideas. " > " >root# su user " >user$ passwd " >newpasswd " >newpasswd " >user$ exit " > " > " > " >" Thanks in advance " >" " >" Christian " >" _______________________________________________ " >" freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list " >" http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions " >" To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" " > " > " > " And how do I do it from remote via ssh? " you$ sudo su user or, if you in group wheel, perhaps possible following you$ su user if you are not sudoer and you have not other way to take a root privilegies, you can't be other user. And this is right. In other case anybody can be anybody. " thx " " Christian " " PS: that was not quite an answer to my question I think, was it? -- Sensory yours, Eugene Minkovskii Сенсорно ваш, Евгений Миньковский
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