08-27-2007
how to unlock user ID in solaris?
I only able to lock user ID with passwd -l username
It seems there is no option for me to unlock ID in solaris?
Is there any command as below?
passwd -u username
Appreciate someome can share with me the way to do it.
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pw_lock
PW_LOCK(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PW_LOCK(3)
NAME
pw_lock, pw_mkdb, pw_abort, pw_setprefix, pw_getprefix -- passwd file update functions
LIBRARY
System Utilities Library (libutil, -lutil)
SYNOPSIS
#include <util.h>
int
pw_lock(int retries);
int
pw_mkdb(const char *username, int secureonly);
void
pw_abort(void);
int
pw_setprefix(const char *new_prefix);
const char *
pw_getprefix(void);
DESCRIPTION
The pw_lock(), pw_mkdb(), and pw_abort() functions allow a program to update the system passwd database.
The pw_lock() function attempts to lock the passwd database by creating the file /etc/ptmp, and returns the file descriptor of that file. If
retries is greater than zero, pw_lock() will try multiple times to open /etc/ptmp, waiting one second between tries. In addition to being a
lock file, /etc/ptmp will also hold the contents of the new passwd file.
The pw_mkdb() function updates the passwd file from the contents of /etc/ptmp. You should finish writing to and close the file descriptor
returned by pw_lock() before calling pw_mkdb(). If pw_mkdb() fails and you do not wish to retry, you should make sure to call pw_abort() to
clean up the lock file. If the username argument is not NULL, only database entries pertaining to the specified user will be modified. If
the secureonly argument is non-zero, only the secure database will be updated.
The pw_abort() function aborts a passwd file update by deleting /etc/ptmp. The passwd database remains unchanged.
The pw_setprefix() function defines the root directory used for passwd file updates. If the prefix is set to /newroot pw_lock() will operate
on /newroot/etc/ptmp afterwards. The default prefix is an empty string.
The pw_getprefix() function returns the root directory which is currently used for passwd file updates.
RETURN VALUES
The pw_lock() and pw_mkdb() functions return -1 if they are unable to complete properly.
FILES
/etc/master.passwd
/etc/ptmp
SEE ALSO
pw_init(3), pwd_mkdb(8)
BSD
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