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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!eric From: eric@cse.ucsc.edu (Eric Rosen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: passwd Date: 4 May 1995 05:12:12 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz (CE/CIS Boards) Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3o9nnc$17g@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: fiddler.cse.ucsc.edu Why can I not figure out how to allow non-root users to change their password with the password command? passwd: updating passwd database passwd: password changed elsewhere. no changes made Every 2.0 binary install I do (no Kerberos) does this (out-of-the-box). I don't see this problem mentioned in the patch-list, or in the FAQ, or even in the newsgroup. What's the secret? What needs configuring? --Eric