[comp.os.minix] passwd problem update...

mcormick@unm-la.UUCP (Patrick McCormick) (02/01/89)

	Back again...

	I've found out that the su can change passwords but, the
	other users can not.  I checked the files in /usr/bin to
	the original files and there is no difference.  I even 
	recopied them over with still no change in the problem.

	The problem seems to be related to permissions but, they
	all check out the same as the original files -- plus, the
	version on floppy works.  My next step would be to put 
	some debug statements in the passwd.c source and track it
	from there but, the version of MINIX they bought here at
	school did not come with the C compiler.

	Any hints?

	Thanks again,

	Patrick McCormick
	mcormick@unm-la.LANL.GOV
	lanl!unm-la!mcormick@uunet.uu.net
	-- or --
	uunet.UU.NET!unm-la!mcormick@cs.utexas.edu

ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) (02/01/89)

In article <1063@unm-la.UUCP> mcormick@unm-la.UUCP (Patrick McCormick) writes:
>	I've found out that the su can change passwords but, the
>	other users can not.

Is /usr/bin/passwd owned by the root and setuid?

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)

P.S. All my mail to you comes back.  I've sort of given up.