[ILUG] CHFN on SuSE 6

Bernard Tyers btyers at snet.wit.ie
Wed Apr 14 08:09:01 IST 1999



> I have installed SuSE 6 , and now no user except root can access chfn , it
> asks for a password, it is not the root password , user password , user
> names , etc... There is no reference to this in the manual or online help.
> The incorrect password is logged in /var/log/messages
> Mar  9 13:53:49 snet chfn[13466]: incorrect password for `jhegarty'   
> 
Hea, 
I tried that at home on my SuSe 6 install, and it required a password for
it too. the oassword I had to type was my user password:
chfn bbt
password:  .....
and it worked...






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