Siddhartha Basu wrote: > > Hi t, > That's also seems to be a viable option for me at this > moment. Let's see what dr. Laha has to say. > > siddhartha > > --- Tathagata Banerjee > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, > 2003-03-01 at 11:16, Manas Laha wrote: > > > > > Tough one, that! I can't see any straightforward > > way to do this. > > > > one crazy way of doing it could be, creating a new > > group, changing the > > ownership group of /usr/bin/passwd to the newly > > created group, chmod-ing > > /usr/bin/passwd to (say) 750, including all users > > except u2 in the new > > group. > > dr.laha, will this work or am i talking nonsense? > > > > - t.
Yes, this should work but as you yourself say, it is crazy. And when you add anew user, what then? You have to take special care to put him in the appropriate group or else he cannot change his password. - Manas Laha -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
