Messages in this thread | | | From | Samuel Koods <> | Subject | Re: Shadow passwords and .89 | Date | Thu, 18 Apr 1996 09:46:14 -0500 (CDT) |
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Chris Salinardi wrote: [...] > > Pardon my stupidity, but I have another question about Shadow. The users > on my system can't change their passwords, they get the message: > > Cannot change ID to root. > > I've tried everything, the only thing that works is giving read access to > the shadow file, but that defeats the purpose. What am I doing wrong? >
Have you set UID of /usr/bin/passwd to root? Does /usr/bin/passwd look like this?
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root ..... /usr/bin/passwd*
In any case, make sure you have the Shadow Password Suite 3.3.3 or newer with the security patch. -- Samuel Koods Cimarron Network Services
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