also sprach Ralf Dreibrodt <ralf@dreibrodt.de> [2002.01.24.1905 +0100]: > and then no user, who has a valid shell has to enter the old password > from user x, when he wants to change the password of user x. > perhaps even if x=root ;-) /bin/passwd does not allow the specification of a username, unless you are already root. good thinking, but it won't be a problem. i still don't like it simply because users tend to leave themselves logged in, and that's the real reason that /bin/passwd actually wants the old password. of course, you could have a special passwd accessible only to the group that have it set as their shell... -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck linux is like a wigwam. no gates, no windoze, and an apache inside.
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