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I am running Solaris 2.6. I have a problem maybe other admins might have seen. root can only change roots password from the command line using the passwd command. root cannot change a regular user's password using the passwd command, nor can a regular user change their own password. But using admintool, root can reset/change any user's password. The error given on failure to change password is: Myserver # passwd hishamhh passwd(SYSTEM): hishamhh does not exist Permission denied Any suggestions? Thanks

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if you use something like nis, nis+ or LDAP you might use passwd -r (nameservice).. hth

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What if any system (LDAP, NIS, etc) are you using for passwords? And BTW, the fact that admintool doesn't work is a good thing IMHO. Regards, Mark

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