[wplug] Changed password not holding after reboot

[Larry Daberko]

Is the modification timestamp on the file updated or unchanged for both 
before and after reboot?

Larry Daberko

Brian Roberts wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have run into an issue and was wondering if anyone has ever had a 
> similar experience.   I did see this issue once before, but decided to 
> rebuild instead of investigate.
>
> When resetting a password for an end user account it seems that the 
> password sticks for the current session, but upon reboot it gets 
> reverted to the old pass.   I have confirmed this by backing up the 
> /etc/shadow and doing diffs on the files.   The original file keeps 
> coming back.   Its like a watchdog process is restoring the file, or 
> the ext3 filesystem is not saving the changes to disk.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>
>
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