Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:3991 unix-pc.general:1248 comp.unix.questions:8788 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!dcs!wnp From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: username problem Message-ID: <172@dcs.UUCP> Date: 15 Aug 88 01:20:35 GMT References: <578@proxftl.UUCP> Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) Organization: DCS, Dallas, Texas Lines: 34 In article <578@proxftl.UUCP> aaron@proxftl.UUCP (Aaron Zimmerman) writes: >I have a curious problem on my 3b1... > >Login: aaron >Password: >$ > >[that is, I log in okay] > >$ who am i >aaron w4 Aug 12 08:01 >$ passwd >Changing password for LOGIN >Permission denied. >$ passwd aaron >Old password: >> >So what's happenning is: somewhere along the line, some things think I'm >aaron, while others think I'm not. What's the story? I figure something might >be wrong with my /etc/group or my /etc/passwd. sounds more like a problem with /etc/utmp to me, since passwd seems to think you are "LOGIN", which is one of the entries in the utmp file, whereas it has nothing to do with either /etc/passwd or /etc/group. What does "who" show ? It seens that either /bin/login does not properly update the utmp file, or else /bin/passwd does not read it properly. -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: killer!dcs!wnp ESL: 62832882 DOMAIN: wnp%dcs@killer.dallas.tx.us TLX: 910-380-0585 EES PLANO UD