Re: Can't change root password

[Ted Unangst <tedu@Stanford.EDU>]

On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Craig Davey wrote:

> I am trying to change the root password. Using vipw I get the following
> error:

point one:  you can't change passwords using vipw. *

> % vipw
> vipw: the passwd file is busy or you cannot lock.

man 1 passwd, section diagnostics.  passwd is also the program you want to
be using to change the password too.


*- unless you have some precomputed hash.

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