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bin/45911: Users cannot change passwords with current
>Number: 45911
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: Users cannot change passwords with current
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Feb 01 20:00:01 +0000 2012
>Originator: Aran Clauson
>Release: 5.99.56
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD piglet 5.99.56 NetBSD 5.99.56 (GENERIC) #0: Sun Nov 27 09:19:23 PST 2011
aran@piglet:/home/NetBSD/obj/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
>Description:
Users are unable to change their passwords.
>How-To-Repeat:
From a unprivileged user account execute
$ passwd
Changing password for user
Old Password:
Unable to change auth token: permission denied
$
>Fix:
The file permissions on passwd are
$ls -l /usr/bin/passwd
-r-xr-xr-x 3 root wheel 23892 Nov 21 20:58 /usr/bin/passwd
Should this be suid?
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