Re: passwd in x11 and login appearance
Re: passwd in x11 and login appearance
- Subject: Re: passwd in x11 and login appearance
- From: Ronnie Misra <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 13:56:17 -0800
On Dec 1, 2004, at 12:49 PM, Joerg Mertins wrote:
This seems quite strange: I use 10.2.8 and XDarwin 1.1.1.1 and wanted
to change my accounts password via command line in x11 bash window,
using the command "sudo passwd". That did not succeed but I remembered
system preferences in aquas main menu and everything worked fine.
I seem to remember (though I'm not sure) that on Jaguar, using passwd
to change your password was not supported since it wasn't aware of
netinfo (the database that OS X uses to store user information). I know
that passwd does work on Panther, but you shouldn't have to run it
under sudo.
The next reboot some days later brought up a changed login appearance,
not just offering me as a user but also "others...", checking this
lead to the "name-password" instead of the "users-list" login. I could
login with my new passwd, and in the directory structure there seems
not to be an additional user. First, I would like to get rid of that
additional picture saying "others..." on the login screen, 2nd, I am
surprised about the "sudo passwd"s action but I cannot reproduce this
since I first would need my old login screen back, but I wonder if
this has something to do with X11. 3rd, I would like to make sure
there isnt any new user on my system.
Are you sure nothing else on your network changed? Did you change any
of the settings in Directory Access? "others..." appears if your
computer discovered a netinfo or LDAP domain or etc., and is meant to
allow network users to log in.
Ronnie
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