Ok, Ok I get the point. I agree that posting line 24 will not help, any user except root gives the same issues. And as a last and final attempt I will check the end of the file for any spaces as Clint suggested.
finally: What if I try a master.passwd file form a working machine of same Build. If that file does work then we can conclude it is systemic. I am off for thanksgiving over here in the US.. so it may be a while before I respond with my results. Thanks everyone, so far. ----- Original Message ----- From: Nick Holland To: misc Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:18 AM Subject: Re: can't change password with passwd comand Cristiano Deana wrote: > On Nov 21, 2007 10:48 AM, Kafriki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> ok here is a user with full details: (this is in plain text, hope it's more >> readable) >> >> cat.cat:$2a$07$aYgatzjxAULHQmmZkjmvteGEaO8Ie8geMoUfhl7AAzKi.WeRhuoA6:10006:20 ::0:0:Pussy >> Cat:/smbhome/student_homedirs/cat.cat:/bin/ksh > > Don't paste "a user" but line 24's user > and 23 and 25... Better yet, end the blooming guessing game, post the thing somewhere. Yes, that means all your PWs are trash, but if you are inheriting a machine, you need to change all the PWs anyway...and probably once again once you have properly secured it. Or manually edit down the file to the absolute minimum that demonstrates the problem. Or move the file to another OpenBSD machine (they are easy to build) and verify that the problem is IN that file, and not a systemic problem, which is not out of the question, considering the other apparent damage to it. Then do what we will do and chew through the file and figure out why it isn't working. Nick.
