>-rw---S--- 1 root sys 58 Mar 13 1993 /.secure/etc/audnames > >Viper> passwd -f /.secure/etc/audnames >/.secure/etc/audnames: Permission denied > >HP-UX neurocog A.09.01 A 9000/735 2000866196 two-user license > >Doesn't seem to work on hp's. i'm fairly sure that ``passwd -f'' on a hp and ``passwd -f'' on a sunos 4 box mean vastly different thing. under sunos4, it is the same as running ``chfn''. i'm sure that under hpux it uses the sysv version, which on solaris makes the user change their password next time they login. this all has nothing to do with the original bug, namely, using ``passwd -F'', which infact does not check the permissions on the file name passed with the ``-F'' flag. this is on sunos 4.1.3. i have not found another system that has it, but i don't have many ``old'' bsd systems to test.