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Re: "passwd username" asks for current password of user even tho I'm root

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Hi,

On 11/10/18 00:17, Mariusz Gronczewski wrote:
> On previous releases, and on our CentOS systems I could change
> password of user by just sudo-ing to root and typing "passwd
> testuser"
> 
> In current Debian release, doing that asks me to specify that user
> password, which is pointless because:

Are you sure it is asking for the "user's" password and not just your
own to authorize sudo?

Cheers
A.
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"passwd username" asks for current password of user even tho I'm  root Mariusz Gronczewski <mgronczewski@efigence.com> - 2018-10-10 16:50 +0200
  Re: "passwd username" asks for current password of user even tho I'm  root Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-10-10 16:50 +0200
  Re: "passwd username" asks for current password of user even tho I'm root Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2018-10-10 17:00 +0200
  Re: "passwd username" asks for current password of user even tho I'm  root Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-10-10 17:50 +0200
  Re: "passwd username" asks for current password of user even tho I'm  root Dennis Wicks <wix@mgssub.com> - 2018-10-11 00:20 +0200

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