> That won't help. He needs to get a sysadmin with a clue. That passwd bug
> is an ANCIENT slackware bug in passwd...not an OS or kernel problem. He
> should have installed shadow support anyway.
>
> Hmm...I'm bleeding from my finger. I'll fix it my having my arm chopped off.
>
Now, now... that bug was supposedly fixed in the latest slack ware
version. Which, one can obtain the patch level from ftp.cdrom.com (I
think...been awhile) However, rather than using the add/rm-user
scripts...which is where the problem lies.. One can make another. The
passwd binary can be easily repaired/replaced and recompiled.
Rob