passwd error & C2 - 2nd try

From: Jim Williams <jim.williams_at_alaska.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 09:15:24 -0800

About a week or so ago, I posted the following question to the list.
I've only had one reply to date, so I thought I'd give it another shot.
Original question follows:

Managers,
A newbie C2 question for you. Under 4.0D + jumbo3 + SSRT0583Q,
SSRT0583U & SSRT0588U, normal users get the following error when they
issue the passwd command:
>passwd
Password not changed: not authorized to change another user's password.

Authentication error; see Account Administrator

After a fresh (not update) install of 4.0D, security mode was changed to
C2 and the users were created with the adduser program. Running authck
doesn't return anything usefull.

Since root can change his password via passwd, I assume that its a
permissions problem, but don't know enough about C2 to begin to look
where. Any help would be appreciated. As always, I'll summarize for
the list.

BTW, I saw two postings in the archive that referenced this error
message, neither with a summary. I sent email to one of the posters,
Jeffrey Hundstad <jeffrey.hundstad_at_mankato.msus.edu>, who responded that
he'd been sent a new copy of a library that solved the problem, but
didn't say which one. A request for more info from him hasn't been
replied to as of now.
-- 
Jim Williams
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