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From: Mark Hunnibell <markh@connix.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Strange passwd problem
Date: 24 Nov 1995 15:24:02 GMT
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"John P. Nelson" <jnelson@tristero.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>	I am running BSDI 2.0.(5 i think), and have and odd problem with users
>running passwd.  The user changes his password, and BSDI responds:
>
>passwd: updating passwd database
>passwd: password changed elsewhere.  no changes made
[...]
>Any clues?

It's a bug.  There is a patch available free from BSDI. The patch number 
is:

U200-013

Mark Hunnibell
markh@connix.com