[ece429] a couple questions

[Steve Peters]

I had this problem on vulcan last semester..  This should work:

dwolkenf at vulcan:> keylogin
Enter your current password:
 
dwolkenf at vulcan:> passwd
Enter current password:
New Password:
Reenter new password:

Can't help with your other question.

Steve


On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:40:18 -0600, Daniel Wolkenfeld <wolkdan at iit.edu> wrote:
> hi Administrator,
> 
> when I log into vulcan remotely and try to run the "passwd" command, it
> tells me
> 
> passwd:  Changing password for dwolkenf
> passwd (NIS+): Permission denied
> Permission denied
> dwolkenf at vulcan:~%
> 
> Also, I would like to know how I can use the CDE environment when
> logged in remotely.  I think this would enable xterm windows to have
> scrollbars so that I can see the history of activity and output.  For
> example, when I run "mailtool &" it notifies me that
> 
> "The OpenWindows environment may no longer be supported in a future
> release.  You may want to migrate to CDE, the Common Desktop
> Environment."
> 
> Looking into my .cshrc file corroborates that I'm using OpenWindows.
> 
> # Desktop environment
> #if($?WINDOWS == 0) setenv WINDOWS NoWindows
> #if($WINDOWS == "OpenWindows") then
> setenv OPENWINHOME /usr/openwin
> set path = ($path ${OPENWINHOME}/bin /usr/dt/bin)
> setenv MANPATH ${OPENWINHOME}/man:/usr/dt/man:$MANPATH
> #endif
> 
> I am using X11 for the Mac to log in remotely with ssh.
> 
> Thanks, Dan
> 
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