Re: [TCLUG:2245] shadow passwords

[Mark Dalton <mwd@sgi.com>]

The main question would be.. as a user.. find out which 'passwd' command:
	which passwd

Then check the permissions set on that command...  On SGIs and Suns
we have it set to:

% ls -l /usr/bin/passwd
-rwsr-sr-x    1 root     sys        44664 Nov 18 07:14 /usr/bin/passwd*

That would be my first _guess_.  Also I will be there on Saturday..

Mark

> I have rh5.1 and I just tried to install shadow passwords using the alread
> installed package shadow-utils-980403-3. I followed the how-to guide, and
> ran pwconv which then made an /etc/passwd without passwords and
> /etc/shadow (the how-to said it would make npasswd and nshadow and that
> I'd copy but, but pwconv did this for me). Everything works except that
> users can't change thier passowrds. If I type passwd, and type something
> in says authentication failure. /etc/passwd is 644 and /etc/shadow is 640.
> Any ideas? I can change passwords as root without any problems.
> 
> (I just noticed this on my friends computer with I think default install
> on rh5.2, hmm)
> 
> Ben
> 
> Ben Luey
> lueyb@carleton.edu
> ICQ: 19144397

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