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12-09-2004
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passwd command not working
Hello All,
I am working on Sco unix version 5.0.5. The passwd command has somehow got corrupted and is only displaying the contents of the /etc/passwd file instead of changing the password. I wanted to know if there is any other command through which you can change the password of a user from the command line. 
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12-09-2004
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What is the output of the following command?
type passwd I'd say either you are executing a different (perhaps bogus/malicious) passwd command (somewhere else in your PATH), or you've set an alias up of some kind. Cheers ZB
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12-09-2004
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I tried checking it.
There is no alias set and also type passwd gives the correct path /bin/passwd. Is there any other utility to change the password of a user.
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What does the command "ls -l /bin/passwd /bin/ls" show? I seem to remember that sco had just a bunch of symlinks in /bin. If that's right, someone may have simply replaced the passwd symlink.
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12-09-2004
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Ya u were right.
It gives the output --> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Oct 18 19:01 /bin/ls -> /opt/K/SCO/Unix /5.0.5Eb/bin/ls lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Oct 18 19:01 /bin/passwd -> /opt/K/SCO/ Unix/5.0.5Eb/bin/passwd Now how do i those restore those symlinks??? Or is there any other way out??
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