Subject: Re: changing password using sudo and su....
To: Sergio Jimenez <tripledes@eslack.org>
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
List: tech-security
Date: 03/30/2004 16:08:34 
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Sergio Jimenez wrote:

> root@bender# id
> uid=0(root) gid=0(wheel) groups=0(wheel),2(kmem),3(sys),4(tty),5(operator),20(staff),31(guest)
>
> root@bender# passwd
> Changing local password for sergio.

> Anyone could explain what's going on here?

passwd(1) uses getlogin(2).

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://bsd.reedmedia.net/