SIMSN%NUSDISCS.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (04/27/89)
signoff unix-wizard (netwide) > Sim Ser Ngarn (Jnet%"SIMSN@NUSDISCS") > National University of Singapore > Department of Information Systems and Computer Science
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (04/27/89)
In article <19327@adm.BRL.MIL> SIMSN%NUSDISCS.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes: > signoff unix-wizard (netwide) Nice try, but unix-wizard[s] seems to still be operating, alas.
orionel@athena.mit.edu (Andrew P Strehle) (04/28/89)
I have a small problem. I just finished reading a unix book in which certain instructions were given to create a new password for a user in case they forgot their old one. Of course only a super user can execute these instructions (which I am) # passwd roxanne New password: stoopid Retype new password: stoopid # Thats the way its supposto work. To change user roxanne password instead I get # passwd roxanne Usage: passwd [-name name] [-inst inst] What is wrong??? orionel@athena.mit.edu
jb@aablue.UUCP (John B Scalia) (04/28/89)
In article <10896@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> orionel@athena.mit.edu writes: > [some stuff deleted about what is required ] > ># passwd roxanne >Usage: passwd [-name name] [-inst inst] > >What is wrong??? It appears, though you didn't tell us what machine or O/S you're running, that whoever ported this utility decided to "improve" it. It looks like they've given it the functionality of Apollo's Aegis. (Is this what you're using?) Try: # passwd -name roxanne From the result, ie. error message, you received this should allow you to do this. -- A A Blueprint Co., Inc. - Akron, Ohio +1 216 794-8803 voice UUCP: {uunet!}aablue!jb Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who FidoNet: 1:157/697 wants to spend their life in an institution. EchoNet: US:OH/AKR.0