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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news.uoregon.edu!news.emf.net!overload.lbl.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.starlink.com!usenet From: alschnei@starlink.com (Alan Schneider) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: passwd problems - cannot change passwords Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 18:16:16 GMT Organization: StarLink Internet Services Lines: 25 Message-ID: <46tv6i$mic@pegasus.starlink.com> References: <46thil$ch1@news.aloha.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: alschnei.starlink.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 brettc@aloha.com (Brett Collars) wrote: >Every time users try to change passwords using passwd >it complains: >> passwd >Changing local password for testacct. >Old password: >New password: >Retype new password: >passwd: updating passwd database >passwd: password changed elsewhere. no changes made There is a patch from BSDI that fixes this problem. It is available from their ftp site. >I run pwd_mkdb on /etc/master.passwd - exits normal. >Is this a kerberos problem ? >Brett