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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: passwd problem update...
Keywords: root can change but others can't
Message-ID: <1994@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 1 Feb 89 12:47:13 GMT
References: <1063@unm-la.UUCP>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <1063@unm-la.UUCP> mcormick@unm-la.UUCP (Patrick McCormick) writes:
>	I've found out that the su can change passwords but, the
>	other users can not.

Is /usr/bin/passwd owned by the root and setuid?

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)

P.S. All my mail to you comes back.  I've sort of given up.