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Xref: sserve comp.unix.admin:8125 comp.sys.mips:2541 comp.unix.bsd:7836 comp.sys.sgi:23997 Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.mips,comp.unix.bsd,comp.sys.sgi,tandem.sigs.unixsig Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!caen!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!pacbell.com!tandem!gumby!chopper From: chop_michael@tandem.com (Michael Chop) Subject: passwd is wack! Message-ID: <1992Nov16.181414.3500@tandem.com> Keywords: passwd password Sender: chopper@gumby (Michael Chop) Nntp-Posting-Host: 130.252.132.117 Organization: tandem computers Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:14:14 GMT Lines: 17 hi. i've run into a problem that i've seen before, but can't fix. hopefully someone out there can help me! i've a mips box running RISCos 5.0 (a version of bsd), and i can not login to any accounts that have a password, nor can i change the passwords of any accounts. when i try to envoke `passwd` . i'm promted for the user name, but as soon as i type the user name and press <return>, i'm bumped out of 'passwd' and an entry is made in the /etc/passwd file. conversely, when i try to loggin to as any user with a passwd, i can type in the user name, but as soon as i hit <return>, i'm bumped out of of the l and get back 'invalid user name or password'. i've tried replacing the passwd binary and tried a fresh /etc/passwd as well. help me, anybody! i can't figure this one out. thanks michael chop... tandem computers chop_michael@tandem.com