Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!bcstec!randall From: randall@bcstec.boeing.com (Michael Randall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: Unable to update /etc/passwd or registry. Not owner Keywords: domain registry passwd owner chsh Message-ID: <738@bcstec.boeing.com> Date: 19 Mar 91 19:48:56 GMT Article-I.D.: bcstec.738 References: Organization: Boeing Computer Services, Seattle Lines: 24 In article , rtb@cernapo.cern.ch (Rainer Tobbicke) writes: > I have got a problem trying to change my login shell with chsh > (I'm running BSD): it says > chsh: Unable to update /etc/passwd or registry. Not owner > Rainer Toebbicke There is one thing you haven't mentioned. Did you check to see if you are the owner of your account entry in the rgy? It is possible to create an entry and set the owner to someone else. For Instance: edrgy=> do p Domain changed to: person edrgy=> add add person=> Enter name: guest Enter UNIX number: 9001 Enter full name in quotes: Guest Enter owner [p.g.o]: (%.%.%) root.staff.none This will create an account where the user (guest) has no rights to change his/her own account. It's just one more possibility. -- -------------------- Peace Love & E-Mail ---------------------------------- Michael W. Randall | Phone: (206) 965-9557 randall@bcstec.boeing.com | This space for rent... ...!uunet!bcstec!randall | ...Inquire within.