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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!travelers.mail.cornell.edu!cornellcs!rochester!udel!pooh.eecis.udel.edu!harvell From: harvell@pooh.eecis.udel.edu (Brian Harvell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Problem changing passwords Date: 30 Sep 1995 05:02:13 GMT Organization: University of Delaware, Newark Lines: 42 Message-ID: <44ij0l$a3g@louie.udel.edu> References: <davidp-2909951449210001@mac219.admin.biola.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pooh.eecis.udel.edu Keywords: password In article <davidp-2909951449210001@mac219.admin.biola.edu>, David Pisoni <davidp@leonardo.net> wrote: >Hello again! > >I am having some very STRANGE problems with users trying to change >passwords. It works fine if the SuperUser tries to change it, but the >user can not change it on their own. Take a look: > >cellini$ 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 | >+--------------------------------------------------------------+ BSD has a patch for this ftp.bsdi.com I am not sure what the exact name is I think it is the "D*" one. But once this is applied w everthing is fine. Brian