01-08-2008
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1. Solaris
Hi,
We would like to set a password to null for a particular user id.
But it should not prompt for a Password after login prompt.
We tried editing the shadow file by using passwd -d but it still gives messager "Choose a new password, New Password:"
I want it to directly login to shell once I... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: ssk
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2. Solaris
Hello
I want to set the password for user never expire through the command line. For your information the box is running under Solaris 8 platform. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: shamsul
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3. Solaris
I have installed Solaris 10 x86 in VMware 5.5.I logged in as root user and trying to create new user and also reset the password for existing user, i am getting "Permission Denied Error". I checked the /etc/shadow file, looks fine permission is 400. Earlier i was able to do it but suddenly it... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: khagendra
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4. Red Hat
Hi All,
Is this true on chage command?
-M, MAX_DAYS
Passing the number -1 as MAX_DAYS will remove checking a password's validity.
Does this means password will not expire anymore?
Thanks for any comment you may add. (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: itik
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5. Solaris
Hi Everyone, my name`s Sergio.
I need your help please. I have a problem using Solaris 9. I create an account with the command line "useradd", with this I have no problem.
My problem is I need set the created account to NP (No Password or Non Login). For example:
cat /etc/shadow
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: roswell
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
How can I restrict access to a set of people in a group on a directory?
Ex.. The following are the permissions on a directory (dir1)
rwxrwxr-- own1 grp1 dir1
where own1 is the owner
grp1 is the group name
and dir1 is the directory name.
So., Is there any way that only few id's in... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: brahmi
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
okay here I go again...
I have created a script which adds new user to /etc/password and which inturn creating a locked password in /etc/shadow but I am expecting to have *NP* for that particular user.Can someone help me with a script which can set the password for a particular user to NP in... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: sintilash
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
A situation where i need to create 10 directories and set its 10 passwords.
Since each of the directories contents would be critical, only few users need to access. :wall:
I need to write a script so that it creates 10 directories in no time.
So, how can i explicitly set a password to a... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Manjunath B
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am unable to set the password remotely. I am using the script as below:
ep=`echo "$p" | /usr/lbin/makekey`
ssh -t $i "/usr/local/bin/sudo useradd -c "$user_c" -m -d /home/$user_id -s /bin/ksh $user_id; /usr/local/bin/sudo /usr/sam/lbin/usermod.sam -F -p $ep $user_id"
The... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: Kits
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10. Solaris
I have a Solaris-10 non global zone, on which I am not able to reset password, while counts are matching in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. I tried searching its solution in various forums, but nothing is working
# id -a oemagent
uid=56605(oemagent) gid=56595(tess) groups=56595(tess)
# passwd -s... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: solaris_1977
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LEARN ABOUT REDHAT
shadow
SHADOW(5) File Formats Manual SHADOW(5)
NAME
shadow - encrypted password file
DESCRIPTION
shadow contains the encrypted password information for user's accounts and optional the password aging information. Included is
Login name
Encrypted password
Days since Jan 1, 1970 that password was last changed
Days before password may be changed
Days after which password must be changed
Days before password is to expire that user is warned
Days after password expires that account is disabled
Days since Jan 1, 1970 that account is disabled
A reserved field
The password field must be filled. The encryped password consists of 13 to 24 characters from the 64 character alphabet a thru z, A thru
Z, 0 thru 9, . and /. Refer to crypt(3) for details on how this string is interpreted.
The date of the last password change is given as the number of days since Jan 1, 1970. The password may not be changed again until the
proper number of days have passed, and must be changed after the maximum number of days. If the minimum number of days required is greater
than the maximum number of day allowed, this password may not be changed by the user.
An account is considered to be inactive and is disabled if the password is not changed within the specified number of days after the pass-
word expires. An account will also be disabled on the specified day regardless of other password expiration information.
This information supercedes any password or password age information present in /etc/passwd.
This file must not be readable by regular users if password security is to be maintained.
FILES
/etc/passwd - user account information
/etc/shadow - encrypted user passwords
SEE ALSO
chage(1), login(1), passwd(1), su(1), passwd(5), pwconv(8), pwunconv(8), sulogin(8)
AUTHOR
Julianne Frances Haugh (jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com)
SHADOW(5)