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Name: Hisham Hajj-Hassan
Date: December 17, 2003 at 00:16:13 Pacific
Subject: Can't change password
OS: Solaris 5.6
CPU/Ram: 133MHz/128MB RAM

Comment:

I am running Solaris 2.6. I have a problem maybe other admins might
have seen. root can only change roots password from the command line using
the passwd command. root cannot change a regular user's password using the
passwd command, nor can a regular user change their own password. But using
admintool, root can reset/change any user's password.
The error given on failure to change password is:
Myserver # passwd hishamhh
passwd(SYSTEM): hishamhh does not exist
Permission denied
Any suggestions?
Thanks

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Response Number 1

Name: Boarddude
Date: December 18, 2003 at 03:16:41 Pacific
Subject: Can't change password

Reply: (edit)

if you use something like nis, nis+ or LDAP
you might use passwd -r (nameservice)..
hth

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Response Number 2

Name: mdhmi
Date: December 28, 2003 at 14:21:38 Pacific
Subject: Can't change password

Reply: (edit)

What if any system (LDAP, NIS, etc) are you using for passwords? And BTW, the fact that admintool doesn't work is a good thing IMHO.
Regards,
Mark

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