passwd problem

[SupraTeam_1]

Hello to all,
I have a problem on an standalone workstation.
It is impossible to me to change a user passwd !!!!
It's the samle whith a root privilege :

passwd toto
Invalid login name.

/root # which passwd
/usr/bin/passwd


regards

[Leif Halvarsson_2]

Hi,

Is there anything strange with the login name. Check the user entry in the /etc/passwd file .

Or, are you using NIS ?

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

The response indicates that the user does not exist.

cat /etc/passwd | grep toto | wc -l

If the reponse is 1 then it does exist, if not, it needs to be added.

If its supposed to be there, time to check for corruption:

bdf

Is root / full?

pwck

grpck

Some errors are acceptable, but not a lot.

Also, check permissions on /usr/bin/passwd
ll /usr/bin/passwd

It is supposed to be suid, and some adventurous admins turn that off stopping users from being able to change their own passwords.

SEP

[Rick Garland]

This is telling you that toto does not exist. By chance was this account added via editing of the passwd file? Were there any unprintable characters used in the creation?

The command 'cat -v' may be of help in IDing the nonprinting characters.

/usr/bin/cat -v /etc/passwd

[SupraTeam_1]

Thank you Steven,
the probleme was i had a bad account in /etc/passwd , i see whith pwck
Thank you very much

[SupraTeam_1]

Steven E Protter Find my problem Thanks