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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!vtc.tacom.army.mil!news1.oakland.edu!news.concourse.com!ragnarok.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.sprintlink.net!news3.insinc.net!grumpy.insinc.net!presence.lglobal.com !presence.lglobal.com !not-for-mail From: drop@lglobal.com (Colin P. Ryan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: **Can't change password !?! Date: 7 Jul 1995 13:19:10 -0400 Organization: Local GlobalAccess Inc. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3tjqae$dhi@presence.lglobal.com> References: <3th42f$r4v@panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: presence.lglobal.com In article <3th42f$r4v@panix.com>, Arthur Cinader <acinader@panix.com> wrote: >On my BSDI 2.0 system, when I type: > >% passwd >Changing local password for USER. >Old password: >New password: >Retype new password: >passwd: updating passwd database >passwd: password changed elsewhere. no changes made >% > > >So what gives, what bleedingly obvious fact am I missing from >the man pages regarding passwd (1,5)? > >Arthur KNown bug! Get the new passws from patches@BSDI.COM /bsdi/patches/passwd ?? Colin