On 5/23/07, Jim Perrin <jperrin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This very much smells like a permissions error. Did you muck with /etc/ at all when you were moving things around? You might want to try something like 'rpm -V setup' or even 'rpm -Va > whatsbroke.txt' The output of these commands will tell you if anything has been changed for the setup package (which has the password files) or all rpms respectively. If,as root, you cannot manipulate a user's password with 'passwd userfoo' then it's probably a permissions error on /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow
I looked at them (as root) and even removed a password from the shadow file for one user to see if that made a difference. What you say sounds probable, and I'll keep this for reference should the issue come up again (or just to see what it should look like on a normal system). Unfortunately, I don't have any more time to fix this - I need the system up and working a.s.a.p., so I'm reinstalling it, with care.... Thanks. -- Mark Hull-Richter DATAllegro (www.datallegro.com) 85 Enterprise, Second Floor, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 949-680-3082 - Office 949-680-3001 - fax _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
