On 2009-09-18 11:26 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote: > Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2009-09-18 09:34 +0200, Frank Bonnet wrote: >> >>> I'm trying to change a local user passwd as root and I get this error >>> message ... which seems a bit unreal to me ... >>> >>> >>> passwd: Permission denied >>> passwd: password unchanged >> >> What does "lsattr /etc/passwd /etc/shadow" print? > > this ... how it has been changed ? this is a fresh install > does this mean another admin has changed the default attr ?
This may happen because of an intruder or because of file system corruption. I've seen the latter a few times on this list. But... > lsattr /etc/passwd /etc/shadow > ------------------- /etc/passwd > ------------------- /etc/shadow ...this is how it's supposed to be, i.e. no special attributes. Can you run the process under strace? Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
