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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!vtc.tacom.army.mil!ulowell.uml.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!news.nic.surfnet.nl!sun4nl!knoware.nl!news.utrecht.knoware.nl!usenet From: niek@knoware.nl (Niek Rijnbout) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: **Can't change password !?! Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 17:18:57 GMT Organization: Knoware Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3u3khu$81q@news.knoware.nl> References: <3th42f$r4v@panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: niek.knoware.nl X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 acinader@panix.com (Arthur Cinader) 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)? I wonder if this is the same error I got when I had TWO entries of my username in the passwd file. Check it out. Niek.