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From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: "passwd" command does not work in Cygwin ?
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 08:26:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20011116150918.D19742@cygbert.vinschen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00fbf20581310b1GREEN@green.mcis.hutchcity.com>; from isabella@hutchcity.com on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 09:58:20PM +0800

On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 09:58:20PM +0800, Isabella Lau wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Rcp is ok now. For change password, Win 2000 works, but i would like the user telnet to Cygwin and use "passwd" command ( just like those in UNIX).
> This works for administrator. But for other user:
> 
> $ login: testuser
> $ password: aa123aa
> $
> $ passwd
> $ Enter new password ( minimum 5 characters, maximum 8 characters)
>   Old password: aa123aa (<-- I type old password here)
> $ Bad password : too short
> 
> I am sure that the old password is correct as i used it for login Cygwin.
> Does Cygwin support for change password with "passwd" command ?

Only for local users.  Domain users aren't supported yet.  Patches
are gratefully accepted, though...

Corinna

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      reply	other threads:[~2001-11-16 14:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-11-11  8:26 Isabella Lau
2001-11-11  8:26 ` Corinna Vinschen [this message]

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