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  2. From: hesh@cup.hp.com (Chris Steinbroner)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
  4. Subject: Re: Chfn error
  5. Message-ID: <Bz9Hs4.D8x@cup.hp.com>
  6. Date: 14 Dec 92 18:24:04 GMT
  7. Article-I.D.: cup.Bz9Hs4.D8x
  8. References: <1992Dec14.090824.5046@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk>
  9. Sender: news@cupnews0.cup.hp.com
  10. Reply-To: Chris Steinbroner <hesh@cup.hp.com>
  11. Organization: HP-UX Kernel Lab, Cupertino, CA
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  14.  
  15. Wong Siu To (a866700@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk) wrote:
  16. : Would anyone pls advise why I get the error "chfn: audswitch: Not owner"
  17. : when invoking "chfn" ?
  18.  
  19. this occurs when your effective uid is not 0.  the only reason
  20. i can think of for this happening is that your /usr/bin/chfn
  21. doesn't have the right mode/owner -- it should be owned by root
  22. and have modes 4555.
  23.  
  24. -- hesh
  25.