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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!news.cps.udayton.edu!news.engr.udayton.edu!blackbird.afit.af.mil!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!peer.news.xara.net!xara.net!brandcomms.com!usenet From: Craig Stratton <craigs@brandcomms.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problem with CHPASS? Date: 24 May 1996 08:11:31 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4o3qvj$bej@ns2.brandcomms.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: apollo108.brandcomms.com Brook Schofield <Brook@tassie.net.au> writes: > I am running a FreeBSD 2.1 system and have been having problem with > using "chpass" with the "-p" option to change a users password. > > for example: > > chpass -p $1$thotuh$htnhut brook > > so that it would change my password to what-ever! The output from the > command is: > > chpass: rebuilding the database... > chpass: done > > but the password isn't being changed!!! > > If there is anyone that knows why this is happening... or an easy way to > update the master.password file easily... or especially in Perl. > > Many Thanks, > Brook Try using the 'passwd user' command. Regards, Craig.