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04-05-2009
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Solaris 8 - Asks for current root password when trying to change root password.
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 prompt for root. Any ideas. Thanks in advance Tony |
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04-06-2009
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Output examples
Hi DukeNuke2,
Thanks for your reply. Here is some additional info including the output of who am i. Thanks for any assistance or ideas. SunOS hostname 5.8 Generic_117350-46 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-80 Code:
hostname:():/root # who am i root pts/1 Apr 7 10:01 (###.###.###.##) hostname:():/root # id uid=0(root) gid=100(users) hostname:():/root # passwd passwd: Changing password for root Password: passwd: Sorry, wrong passwd Permission denied hostname:():/root Code:
hostname:():/root # passwd joe Password: passwd: Sorry, wrong passwd Permission denied Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 04-07-2009 at 04:07 AM.. Reason: added code tags |
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04-07-2009
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have you rebooted the server? checked all filesystems/permissions (special /var/tmp)? how do you login (ssh/telnet/console)? have you run "pwconv"?
there are so many possibilities... it's hard to do this remote... |
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04-07-2009
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Root apparently being in group 100 (users) is a concern.
Did you "su - root" or become root by some other means? Please post the following, and post any errors if your root account gives and error: # Permissions of root directory ls -ald / # Permissions of /etc ls -lad /etc # Permissions of password file itself ls -lad /etc/passwd # Location of passwd command type passwd # Permissions of passwd command ls -lad <answer from above> # Root entry from /etc/passwd grep \^root: /etc/passwd # Results of password file checking program pwck # Results of group file checking program grpck Last edited by methyl; 04-07-2009 at 09:33 AM.. Reason: Typo |
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