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*LK* in /etc/shadow file
Post 302153192 by pravinlandge on Sunday 23rd of December 2007 10:50:18 PM
12-23-2007
Lk
Hi,
In solaris 5.8,5.9,and 5.10 there is /etc/shadow file contain the password information of all users
LK means account is locked, user cant logged in the server
Some are the reson's are as follows
1) user created and forgot to reset password
2) system admin used the command passwd -l username command
3) in solaris 5.10 if your attempt 5 times wrong password then also your account will be locked if system admin has set in /etc/policy.conf file
to remove LK from /etc/shadow file use the command
1) passwd -d username
2) passwd username
set new password
Thanks
In solaris 5.8,5.9,and 5.10 there is /etc/shadow file contain the password information of all users
LK means account is locked, user cant logged in the server
Some are the reson's are as follows
1) user created and forgot to reset password
2) system admin used the command passwd -l username command
3) in solaris 5.10 if your attempt 5 times wrong password then also your account will be locked if system admin has set in /etc/policy.conf file
to remove LK from /etc/shadow file use the command
1) passwd -d username
2) passwd username
set new password
Thanks
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pwconv
pwconv(8) System Manager's Manual pwconv(8) NAME
pwconv - convert to shadow account SYNOPSIS
pwconv [-P path] DESCRIPTION
pwconv installs and updates /etc/shadow with information from /etc/passwd. It relies on the special password 'x' in the password field of the account. This value indicates that the password for the user is already in /etc/shadow and should not be modified. If /etc/shadow does not exist, pwconv creates this file, moves the user password to it and creates default aging informations with the help of the values of PASS_MIN_DAYS, PASS_MAX_DAYS and PASS_WARN_AGE from /etc/login.defs. The password field in /etc/passwd is replaced with the special character 'x'. If the /etc/shadow does exist, entries that are in the /etc/passwd file and not in the /etc/shadow file are added to the /etc/shadow file. Accounts, which only exist in /etc/passwd, are added to /etc/shadow. Entries that are in /etc/shadow and not in /etc/passwd are removed from /etc/shadow. All passwords from /etc/passwd are moved to /etc/shadow and replaced with the special character 'x'. pwconv can be used for initial conversion and for updates later. OPTIONS
-P, --path path The passwd and shadow files are located below the specified directory path. pwconv will use this files, not /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. FILES
passwd - user account information shadow - shadow user account information SEE ALSO
passwd(1), login.defs(5), passwd(5), shadow(5), pwck(8), pwunconv(8) AUTHOR
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> pwdutils January 2004 pwconv(8)