03-05-2013
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1. AIX
Hi,
I am into production support and handling some of the AIX servers. We are planning to have a user id on a AIX system with non-expired password. Now the question is that if I have a non expired password then I cannot do a interactive login to AIX machine ( i:e cannot do Telnet ,SSH etc)... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: siddhhuu
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2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi all,
I am using redhat linux version 9 .I am unable to login to the system and i am getting a warninig sorry root account is expired . How can i activate the account. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mallesh
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3. Solaris
We have expiration set on the root password for 30 days. the only way to login as root remotley is login as another user and then su as root. I logged in to the machine today tried to su as root, and got the message
password has expired, use passwd to change
but i cant get in as root..
If... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: csaunders
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Dear friends,
I am using linux os .
my root passward has expired suddenly.
in command prompt iam giving su-
and password
it is saying that your root password has expired .
how to get my root password.
anyone pls rep.
rajan (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: rajan_ka1
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5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi
When i try to login with my username/password i get the following message
'Password for user 'lmathew' has expired - use passwd(1) to update it'
please let me know what to do
Thanks in advane
Ammu (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ammu
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Afternoon All
Has anyone seen this type of thing before. Basically we had an issue where an ID that has db2 connect access tried to make the db connection and got an " Attempt to establish connection failed with security reason "1"
("PASSWORD EXPIRED"). SQLSTATE=08001" error.
This I know... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: philib
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7. Solaris
Recently, the root pass expired on a Solaris box. And then, i can't log into the system anymore.....Below are two issues i met:
1. I tried to login the system via telnet and ssh. Only the ssh prompt me to set a new password. The system only told me that the pass is expired and turn it off during... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: sleepy_11
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8. Solaris
Hello All,
I have several solaris boxes running Solaris 8. When changing root passwords on them, all will simply ask for the new root password to change and of course to re-type the new password. One of the systems however asks for the existing root password before it will display the new password... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: tferrazz
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello folks,
I have few linux machines and one server from which I can connect to others without password (of course ssh key). On some server when root password will expired is asking me for change passord but on some servers no. When I can find some configuration of this behavior?
Thx for any... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vikus
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10. Solaris
Hello everybody, hope you all are having a good day.
Here is our (my) situation...
We have a process where we clone Solaris 8 hard disk drives then have to configure each drive for the system they will be used in. In the old cloning image the root password never expired. We also have... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: Wrongway
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vipw(1M) vipw(1M)
NAME
vipw - edit the password file
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
edits the password file while setting the appropriate locks, and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked. If the
password file is already being edited, you will be told to try again later. The editor is used unless the environment variable indicates
an alternate editor.
performs a number of consistency checks on the password entry for and does not allow a password file with an incorrectly formatted root
entry to be installed. To help reduce the possibility of leaving the system in an unbootable state, root's entry is not considered prop-
erly formatted if it has a user ID that is not zero, or if it has a shell other than or
Please refer to passwd(4) and the manual for further details of password file format.
WARNINGS
An file that is not removed when a system crashes prevents further editing of the file using after the system is rebooted. is the standard
lock used by all commands which knowingly modify
Successful execution of is not sufficient for proper system operation. To help maintain consistency with other system databases, editing
of the password file with is generally discouraged. Please use or to edit
AUTHOR
was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.
FILES
SEE ALSO
chfn(1), chsh(1), passwd(1), sam(1M), useradd(1M), usermod(1M), userdel(1M), passwd(4).
vipw(1M)