Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!emory!att!cbnewsj!nhc
From: nhc@cbnewsj.att.com (n.h.chandler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Passwd problems in Minix 1.5 (PH)
Keywords: password, passwd, login, root
Message-ID: <1990Nov1.161908.18506@cbnewsj.att.com>
Date: 1 Nov 90 16:19:08 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Lines: 17


   Greetings:

   I have Prentice-Hall Minix 1.5 installed on an AT&T 6386 WGS
   (20Mhz) system.  The problem I have is with changing the password.
   Logged in as "ast", I attempted to change the password. The ast
   password remained unchanged, however the password field in the
   entry for root in /etc/passwd was modified, assigning the new
   password to root.
   I setup a new login "nhc".  Logged in as nhc and attempted to assign
   a password.  This password was again assigned to root, while the "nhc"
   password field in /etc/passwd remained null.  Has this problem been 
   experienced by anyone else?
   Thanks.

   N. H. Chandler (AT&T Bell Laboratories)
   nhc@cbnewsj.att.com