Re: passwd segfaulting <Sovled>

[Eric-Olivier Lamey <eric-olivier.lamey@wired-brain.com>]

On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 04:17, Bill Bell wrote:
> I started compairing these files you listed above between my Sid machine 
> (working) and the broken Woody box. I found that /etc/pam.d/passed was an exact 
> copy of /etc/passwd on the Woody box.  The Sid box had a totally 

  Hmm, that's a *major* bug. These two files don't have anything in
  common.

> different /etc/pam.d/passwd file (attached).  On the Woody box I found the 
> correct backup file in /etc/pam.d/passwd.orig.  I moved this 
> into /etc/pam.d/passwd and all is well!  Perhaps one of the Woody updates broke 
> this file at some time in the past.

  What surprises me is that you seem to be the only one in that
  situation. Have you looked at the date of the passwd.orig file ?
  It would have given you an idea of the time where it broke.

> Thanks for the help.

  You're welcome.

-- 
Eric-Olivier Lamey