Jonalthan:
I just tryed this on my box and I did not have to type passwd root. I su to
root and type passwd and I changed the passwd. To verify I logged in again
and the new password is in place
Eddie Strohmier
Bonwell Globalnet
www.bonwell.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Jonathan Ruano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: Changing root password remotely.
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 12:16:47PM -0500, Timothy Lillicrap wrote:
>
> > I have to telnet to the boxes with a regular users acount and then su to
get
> > root access (I think this is normal). Anyway, when I have sued to root
and
> > give passwd root, everything appears to work properly. It asks me for
the new
> > password, and then asks me to reenter etc. Everything seems good.
>
> did you issue 'passwd root' ? After su'ing to root, if you issue
> 'passwd' (with no arguments), it changes the original non-root user
> password!
>
> I dont know if this is generic, or depending on the parameters of su
> ('su -', or 'su').
>
> On the other hand, could it be that someone is restoring that password
> ?
>
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