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From: Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@×××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] chage can't open /etc/passwd
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:17:24
Message-Id: 200709181014.57098.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] chage can't open /etc/passwd by Albert Hopkins
1 On Tuesday 18 September 2007, Albert Hopkins wrote:
2
3 > Note the "chage: PAM authentication failed" *only* occurs when I run
4 > under strace and only then when I run as a user.
5
6 This is normal, since the suid is ignored when the program is straced.
7
8 As Norberto said, can you post the full output of "strace chage -l
9 marduk" run *as root* (ie, not with sudo)?
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Re: [gentoo-user] chage can't open /etc/passwd Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] chage can't open /etc/passwd Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org>