**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Thu Mar 26 02:59:57 2009 Mar 26 12:30:07 I am having trouble changing passwords for users using passwd on my nslu2, can anyone help? Mar 26 12:30:28 which os? Mar 26 12:30:35 unslung Mar 26 12:30:55 can you expand on having trouble? Mar 26 12:31:02 after changing the password, I get the error: Mar 26 12:31:04 passwd: Cannot change ID to root Mar 26 12:31:22 which I believe means that passwd is failing to gain root access? Mar 26 12:33:37 are you logged on as root? Mar 26 12:34:44 no, logged in as the user Mar 26 12:34:49 so i log in as a user Mar 26 12:34:54 type passwd Mar 26 12:35:17 enter old pass, then new pass twice. Then it gives the error, and the password doesn't change Mar 26 12:38:00 http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/ChangePasswordsFromTheCommandLine Mar 26 12:44:39 The bottom of that file suggests that on unslung 6.10 (which I am running), changes should be persistent? Mar 26 12:44:54 also, there is no mention of the error I'm receiving? Mar 26 12:48:10 googling, in some cases, refers to a permissions error on the passwd file Mar 26 12:48:38 yeah, sorry I should have said that I have tried googling it Mar 26 12:48:48 permissions look correct to me Mar 26 13:03:58 ok, I have fixed it Mar 26 13:04:24 for the sake of the logs, this is what needed doing- it was a permissions issue (as you correctly pointed out Reedy) Mar 26 13:04:40 chmod u+s /usr/bin/passwd Mar 26 13:04:52 Cheers for your help! Mar 26 13:18:38 wheee **** BEGIN LOGGING AT Thu Mar 26 14:18:21 2009 **** ENDING LOGGING AT Fri Mar 27 02:59:57 2009