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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.leonardo.net!mac219.admin.biola.edu!user From: davidp@leonardo.net (David Pisoni) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Problem changing passwords Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 14:49:21 -0700 Organization: Leonardo Internet Lines: 32 Message-ID: <davidp-2909951449210001@mac219.admin.biola.edu> Reply-To: davidp@leonardo.net NNTP-Posting-Host: mac219.admin.biola.edu Keywords: password Hello again! I am having some very STRANGE problems with users trying to change passwords. It works fine if the SuperUser tries to change it, but the user can not change it on their own. Take a look: cellini$ passwd Changing local password for davidp. Old password: New password: Retype new password: passwd: updating passwd database passwd: password changed elsewhere. no changes made cellini$ su Password: cellini# passwd davidp Changing local password for davidp. New password: Retype new password: passwd: updating passwd database passwd: done cellini# Does anyone know what the message 'password changed elsewhere. no changes made' would be caused by? I am baffled. Thanks again for your help, +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | David Pisoni davidp@leonardo.net | | System Administrator david@isaac.biola.edu | | Leonardo Internet http://www.ac.biola.edu/~david | +--------------------------------------------------------------+