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From: iansmith@pepper.ncinter.net (Ian Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Changing Passwords
Date: 7 Aug 1995 18:02:27 GMT
Organization: North Coast Internet
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Mike Grady (mgrady@cybernw.com) wrote:
> Can somebody explain why when a user tries to change their password,
> the system reports back: password changed elsewhere, no changes made. 

Using BSD 2.0?  Grab the new version of passwd from ftp.bsdi.com
which should fix your problem.  

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IanSmith@ncinter.net