Bug 468 - passwd changes wrong password
Summary: passwd changes wrong password
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: bin (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0-RELEASE
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody)
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Reported: 1995-06-01 12:00 UTC by Frank Bartels
Modified: 1995-06-01 12:00 UTC (History)
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Description Frank Bartels 1995-06-01 12:00:01 UTC 
passwd changes the wrong password after su.

How-To-Repeat: 
[su to root]

sogand:/root# passwd
Changing local password for knarf.
                            ^^^^^
Comment 1 jkh freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 1995-06-01 22:50:17 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

This is not a bug.  su changes only the effective uid, and if you 
wish to change the password for someone else then this isn't the way to do it. 
Do a `passwd root' or login to root properly.