Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:4019 comp.unix.questions:8855 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!heurikon!davek From: davek@heurikon.UUCP (David Klann) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: username problem Message-ID: <256@heurikon.UUCP> Date: 17 Aug 88 16:14:55 GMT References: <578@proxftl.UUCP> <172@dcs.UUCP> Reply-To: davek@heurikon.UUCP (David Klann) Organization: Heurikon Corp., Madison WI Lines: 22 In article <172@dcs.UUCP> wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) writes: >In article <578@proxftl.UUCP> aaron@proxftl.UUCP (Aaron Zimmerman) writes: > >I have a curious problem on my 3b1... > > > > [ discussion about changing password problem ] > >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 I've had this same problem on my UNIXpc. I've seen other problems (specifics escape me right now) with other commands that read /etc/utmp. Seems that /bin/login, and/or /etc/init do not write /etc/utmp properly. David Klann