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>On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, T. Sean (Theo) Schulze wrote:
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>> I neglected to mention that when I log in as root or use `su`, I *am*
>> required to enter a password.
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>Are you saying when you log in as root and su to tshculze you require a
>password, or is it just that root has a password and tschulze does not?
>
root is required to enter a password, and I am required to enter a
password to su to root. Logging in as myself, tschulze, the system does
not require me to enter a password.
>What happens when root changes its own password? From here, it sounds
>like you have inconsistent/incompatible passwd and login, that is,
>passwd is changing /etc/passwd and login is using /etc/shadow or vice
>versa. By looking in/comparing /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd you may be
>able to deduce which way things go. As a temporary expedient, pwconv or
>pwunconv might restore the illusion of control. You could look for
>multiple versions of login or passwd in /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin, or
>just install the shadow.tgz package from the a series and it should
>provide consistent login and passwd commands.
>
>Lawson
>
>Constants aren't, and variables won't.
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>
T. Sean (Theo) Schulze
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