Cannot find your entry in the shadow passwd file

Cannot find your entry in the shadow passwd file

[selinux770]

Hey there,

i've got a strange problem. I created a new user on my system which is
not able to switch between different roles. Looks like this:

~ $ id -Z
setester:user_r:user_t
~ $ newrole -r staff_r
Authenticating setester.
Cannot find your entry in the shadow passwd file.
~ $

This happens to all users except root:

~# id -Z
root:staff_r:staff_t
~# newrole -r sysadm_r
Authenticating root.
Password:
~# id -Z
root:sysadm_r:sysadm_t

Any suggestions what is wrong? Could that be a misfunction in pam?

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Re: Cannot find your entry in the shadow passwd file

[Daniel J Walsh]

selinux770@tortenboxer.de wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> i've got a strange problem. I created a new user on my system which is
> not able to switch between different roles. Looks like this:
>
> ~ $ id -Z
> setester:user_r:user_t
> ~ $ newrole -r staff_r
> Authenticating setester.
> Cannot find your entry in the shadow passwd file.
> ~ $
>
> This happens to all users except root:
>
> ~# id -Z
> root:staff_r:staff_t
> ~# newrole -r sysadm_r
> Authenticating root.
> Password:
> ~# id -Z
> root:sysadm_r:sysadm_t
>
> Any suggestions what is wrong? Could that be a misfunction in pam?
>
>   
I think newrole is looking up setester in /etc/passwd.

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Re: Cannot find your entry in the shadow passwd file

[Russell Coker]

On Friday 15 September 2006 03:21, selinux770@tortenboxer.de wrote:
> i've got a strange problem. I created a new user on my system which is
> not able to switch between different roles. Looks like this:
>
> ~ $ id -Z
> setester:user_r:user_t
> ~ $ newrole -r staff_r
> Authenticating setester.
> Cannot find your entry in the shadow passwd file.
> ~ $
>
> This happens to all users except root:

Is the newrole program setuid?

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