When trying to change the password of a user on my system, with "passwd <user>", I get the error "Cannot open the password file."
I have no idea how this happened, but I am logged in as root, and /etc/passwd is mod 644... I have shadow passwords installed, and /etc/shadow is mod 640. I can cat < /etc/shadow and cat < /etc/passwd just fine. The pwck command gives an error of "cannot open file /etc/passwd". Ideas, anyone? Colin McMillen -- Debian GNU/Linux 2.1: 3 hours, 39 minutes without a reboot... The revolution will be complete when the operating system is perfect. (www.debian.org, www.enlightenment.org, www.opensource.org)