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From: pa1343@sdcc15.ucsd.edu (pa1343)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: 'passwd' problems
Keywords: works on floppy but not on fixed
Message-ID: <997@sdcc15.ucsd.edu>
Date: 1 Feb 89 07:37:01 GMT
References: <1062@unm-la.UUCP>
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In article <1062@unm-la.UUCP> mcormick@unm-la.UUCP (Patrick McCormick) writes:
>		Can't create temporary file
>		Can't recreate password file
>
>	The second message popped up after I had changed the permissions
>	on /etc due to the first message. 
The problem here is that /bin/passwd must be owned by root and the SUID 
bit must be set with the following commands.
# chown root /bin/passwd
# chmod 4755 /bin/passwd

note here that you must be super-user to do this.  Afterward, the permissions
above will give the passwd command root privilige required to edit /etc/passwd.

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John J. Marco
pa1343@sdcc15.ucsd.edu
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