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- From: jdg00@ccc.amdahl.com (Josh Grosse)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Prob: ELM from SLS.98p[56] = no password entry ?
- Message-ID: <0aWJ02qY2foo01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 20:03:14 GMT
- References: <acornwal.3.724365490@fox.nstn.ns.ca>
- Reply-To: jdg00@amail.amdahl.com (Josh Grosse)
- Organization: Amdahl Corporation
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- acornwal@fox.nstn.ns.ca (James MacLean) writes:
-
- >ELM was working fine for me with 98p5 + Image from 98.6 but now that I have
- >added some more of the additional 98.6 benefits (shadow passwords,etc...),
- >ELM states that there is no password entry for every user except ROOT. What
- >gives?
-
- The SLS distribution has an /etc/password file that is protected from all but
- root. Use "chmod 644 /etc/passwd" and your problem will go away.
-
- (The SLS distribution also has a mail file for user1 that user1 can't access.)
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