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Re: "passwd" command does not work in Cygwin ?
- From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:09:18 +0100
- Subject: Re: "passwd" command does not work in Cygwin ?
- References: <00fbf20581310b1GREEN@green.mcis.hutchcity.com>
On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 09:58:20PM +0800, Isabella Lau wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Rcp is ok now. For change password, Win 2000 works, but i would like the user telnet to Cygwin and use "passwd" command ( just like those in UNIX).
> This works for administrator. But for other user:
>
> $ login: testuser
> $ password: aa123aa
> $
> $ passwd
> $ Enter new password ( minimum 5 characters, maximum 8 characters)
> Old password: aa123aa (<-- I type old password here)
> $ Bad password : too short
>
> I am sure that the old password is correct as i used it for login Cygwin.
> Does Cygwin support for change password with "passwd" command ?
Only for local users. Domain users aren't supported yet. Patches
are gratefully accepted, though...
Corinna
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