kilim <kilim@phenix.rootshell.be> writes:
>when I try to:
>[root@~] passwd -e kilim
>Old shell: /usr/bin/sh
>New shell: /usr/pkg/bin/bash
>Segmentation Fault
>[root@~] cat /etc/shells
>/bin/sh
>/usr/bin/sh
>/usr/bin/ksh
>/usr/pkg/bin/bash

>Why does that happen ? Thank you for your time.
>Frustrated user


I'd run the passwd command you are running through the fingerprint
database at sunsolve.sun.com to make sure its a binary that Sun sent out.

Otherwise, try applying the latest recomended patches. It shouldn't do that.
I'd suspect some corruption or other nefarious problem with the binary.