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Date:	Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:52:55 -0700
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Subject:	Possible bug in passwd cygwin 1.7, "you may not change the password for"
From:	Jerry A <ja2038 AT gmail DOT com>
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Hi,

I am a "local administrator" on an otherwise locked down corporate
laptop that is running XP and currently, cygwin 1.7, the beta.

I was running the released version of cygwin and having problems
installing sshd and passwd.  I found a thread from back in March
regarding passwd working in domain controlled networks in Cygwin 1.7.
So I uninstalled, downloaded, and reinstalled, and with a bit of
trepidation found that my rxvt shells and everything else still seemed
to be working.  Very nice.

So I installed sshd and that install seemed to go just fine and I got
the daemon running, and now I want to change the local passwd.

So I tried
$ passwd
and went through the conversation of old, new, and new, to get:
"You may not change the password for ..."

Is there a way to change the password on the local machine?  Or will
cygwin in the corporate domain environment always rely on the current
domain password?

I couldn't figure out if this was a bug, or a feature needing a bit
more documentation in passwd --help

Thank you,

Jerry

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