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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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