1. Solaris

Hi Friends, Can anyone tell me how can I set the password age limit for root user to 14 days....??? Also would like to add following for root password; min-alpha --- 4 min-other --- 1 min-length -- 6 min-diff ----- 3 How can I do these on command line....??? Regards, jumadhiya (7 Replies)

2. 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)

3. Solaris

hi, Ho can I install eclipse under solaris without root password? Thanks. peter (1 Reply)

4. Solaris

How do I change root password in SolarisExpress 11? I used passwd while elevated to root and all it changes is the password of the user I am logged in, not te root password. (2 Replies)

5. Solaris

Hello, I have two old Solaris machines $ uname -a SunOS unknown 5.8 Generic_117350-39 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-e2 unfortunately, it has been so long ago that i have used these that the root password has left my head... i can log into one of the machine as a normal user, but am unable to... (4 Replies)

6. Solaris

Hello everyone, i'm trying to recover my root password on a Solaris 8 O.S. I've been trying the next steps(obviously in order) on and on: 1. Inserting the CD-ROM 2. Typing boot cdrom -s 3. Trying to execute fsck -y /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0. When executing this, I get the following error: can't... (8 Replies)

7. Solaris

Hello forum members, Please help me to recover the root password. I have had difficulties working with Solaris 11. The run-level equivalents single-user in Solaris 10, I can mount disk in one partition and edit files shadow/passwd. For example: {0} ok boot cdrom -s # mount... (4 Replies)

8. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

i do not have root on a solairs 10 server , however i do have the root role, i was wondering if I can change the root password as a a role with the passwd command? I have not tried yet. and do i have to use the # chgkey -p afterwards? i need to patch is why i am asking. thanks (1 Reply)

9. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

hi everyone i have forgot my root password and i have other user to login. can i get the password without restarting the server as that cant be afforded. . it is a Sparc architecture 2U blade server. it is old server mounted and functional since 2009. what should be the modus oprandee. i am novice... (5 Replies)