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Bugtraq archives for 2nd quarter (Apr-Jun) 1994: Re: "passwd -F" vulnerability? (fwd)

Re: "passwd -F" vulnerability? (fwd)

Bill Broadley (broadleyneurocog.lrdc.pitt.edu)
Wed, 11 May 1994 02:54:58 -0400 (EDT) 

> 
> 
> >-rw---S---   1 root     sys           58 Mar 13  1993 /.secure/etc/audnames
> >
> >Viper> passwd -f /.secure/etc/audnames
> >/.secure/etc/audnames: Permission denied
> >
> >HP-UX neurocog A.09.01 A 9000/735 2000866196 two-user license
> >
> >Doesn't seem to work on hp's.
> 
> i'm fairly sure that ``passwd -f'' on a hp and ``passwd -f'' on


SYNOPSIS
      passwd [-f file] [name]

 
An alternate password file can
      be chosen with the -f option.  The user must have read and write
      permission for the file given with the -f option.  The default
      password file is /etc/passwd.


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