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From: knarf@nasim.cube.net (Frank Bartels)
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Subject: passwd changes wrong password
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>Number:         468
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       passwd changes wrong password
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs (FreeBSD bugs mailing list)
>State:          closed
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jun  1 12:00:01 1995
>Closed-Date:    Thu Jun 1 14:50:17 PDT 1995
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Frank Bartels
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.0-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
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>Environment:

2.0R, secrdist, no YP.

>Description:

passwd changes the wrong password after su.

>How-To-Repeat:

[su to root]

sogand:/root# passwd
Changing local password for knarf.
                            ^^^^^
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: jkh 
State-Changed-When: Thu Jun 1 14:50:17 PDT 1995 
State-Changed-Why:  
This is not a bug.  su changes only the effective uid, and if you 
wish to change the password for someone else then this isn't the way to do it. 
Do a `passwd root' or login to root properly. 
>Unformatted:



