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From: hanche@imf.unit.no (Harald Hanche-Olsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Unable to update /etc/passwd or registry. Not owner
Message-ID: <HANCHE.91Mar20170827@hufsa.imf.unit.no>
Date: 20 Mar 91 16:08:27 GMT
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In-Reply-To: randall@bcstec.boeing.com's message of 19 Mar 91 19:48:56 GMT

In article <738@bcstec.boeing.com> randall@bcstec.boeing.com (Michael Randall) writes:

   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.

All our accounts are owned by root.staff.none, and anybody can change
their password, full name, gecos information, and shell.  JLRU.

- Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@imf.unit.no>
  Division of Mathematical Sciences
  The Norwegian Institute of Technology
  N-7034 Trondheim, NORWAY