On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 08:57:48PM +0000, Voytek Eymont wrote: > I've created a new user, and, tried to assign him a password, but I get 'seg > fault' > > tried both as root, and, as the user himself, same fault > > Changing password for user ray. > New password: > (data fseek failed): Invalid argument > Segmentation fault > # su ray > $ passwd > Changing password for user ray. > Changing password for ray > (current) UNIX password: > New password: > (data fseek failed): Invalid argument > Segmentation fault > > what should I do, delete the user and create again, or ?
Run passwd as root under strace and ltrace, and see where it bombs. It won't work as your ordinary user because it won't have suid. - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
