05-02-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by
MrGrim
I thought as long as it was in the same group as root it should be ok.
This is a wrong assumption.
You are creating a non privileged account (uid != 0) with a generic non privileged group (gid=other=1). The only "Super-User" attribute is the gecos but that field is nothing more than a comment. It's no surprise that user cannot change anyone's password outside its own.
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lusermod(1) General Commands Manual lusermod(1)
NAME
lusermod - Modify an user
SYNOPSIS
lusermod [OPTION]... user
DESCRIPTION
Modifies the user with name user.
OPTIONS
-c, --gecos=gecos
Set user's GECOS field to gecos. The GECOS field is traditionally used to store user's real name and other information.
-d, --directory=directory
Set user's home directory to directory.
-g, --gid=gid
Change user's primary group ID to gid. If group with ID gid does not exist, a warning is printed, but the operation is performed
anyway.
-i, --interactive
Ask all questions when connecting to the user database, even if default answers are set up in libuser configuration.
-L, --lock
Lock user's account. This prevents logging in using user's password.
-l, --login=name
Rename user to name.
-m, --movedirectory
After changing user's home directory (using the -d option), move the old home directory to the new location.
-P, --plainpassword=password
Set user's password to password. Note that the password can be viewed while running lusermod using tools such as ps(1).
-p, --password=encrypted
Set user's password to the password represented by the hash encrypted. Note that the hash can be viewed while running lusermod
using tools such as ps(1).
-s, --shell=shell
Set user's login shell to shell.
-U, --unlock
Unlock user's account.
-u, --uid=uid
Change user's user ID to uid.
--commonname=name
Set user's common name to name. This attribute is only supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have further lim-
itations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).
--givenname=name
Set user's given name to name. This attribute is only supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have further limi-
tations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).
--homephone=phone
Set user's home telephone number to phone. This attribute is only supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have
further limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).
--roomnumber=room
Set user's room number to room. This attribute is only supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have further lim-
itations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).
--surname=name
Set user's surname to name. This attribute is only supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have further limita-
tions (e.g. LDAP schema rules).
--telephonenumber=phone
Set user's telephone number to phone. This attribute is only supported in some backends (e.g.LDAP), and its support may have fur-
ther limitations (e.g. LDAP schema rules).
EXIT STATUS
The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.
libuser 2009-12-11 lusermod(1)