problem with passwd

[Alex Lavrov]

Hello,
I have a problem in 11i, when I do passwd in some user, I get eror message:
audswitch: not owner

I don't see any problem there ...

thanks.

[Khalid A. Al-Tayaran]

Hi,

logon as root then,

# passwd user

You can then change the password. I don't think it is good to su from a user to root to change the password....

[Jim Mallett]

Make sure you're logged in as root when you try to change their password.

Also, make sure /etc/passwd is set with 444 permissions. (not likely the problem though).

Jim

[Michael Tully]

Looks more like some hanky panky with some binary permissions. Have a look at binary permissions on things in /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin /etc

[Sridhar Bhaskarla · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Look at the permissions on the executable /usr/bin/login.

It should be owned by user "root" and group "bin" with the permissions -r-sr-xr-x.
(chmod 4555).

-Sri

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

check and change the login and passwd permissions:

-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin /usr/bin/login
-r-sr-xr-x 1 root bin /usr/bin/passwd

Hope it helps,

Robert-Jan.

[Fragon]

Hi,alex
Please make sure which "passwd" you execute!
#which passwd
Then make sure the command "passwd" has the permission -r-sr-xr-x.
[Key]"-s" by means of "set-owner-id" on file execution permission.

Good luck!
-ux