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From: aaron@proxftl.UUCP (Aaron Zimmerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general,comp.unix.questions
Subject: username problem
Message-ID: <578@proxftl.UUCP>
Date: 12 Aug 88 13:32:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: proxftl.578
Organization: Proximity Technology, Ft. Lauderdale
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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. Could someone please post
examples showing what proper 'group' and 'passwd' files look like (or if you
have a better guess at what this problem is, I'd love to hear it). Thanks
much.


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