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1. HP-UX
Hello,
I try to make a change on the root password on HP UX. I use sam but it didn't work here.
I try to login as root but I failed however, I login to my name and then change to su and su password then it is o.k
There is not much different from root and su but how do we use root?
Thanks so... (4 Replies)
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2. Solaris
Hi, please advise me what is the simplest way to change root password on Sun Sparc 64 bit with Solaris 9 on it. Thanks in advance. (3 Replies)
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3. HP-UX
Hello!
I forget the root password and I need to change it. I've read others threads about it in this forum, but it seems it's necessary to modify /etc/passwd file. In my HPUX Systems this passwd file have only "read" permissions ant its owner is the root user, so how can i modify this file, if I... (4 Replies)
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4. Solaris
Hi All,
I would like to find out when the root password changed last time..! :p Please guys help me Out (2 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Friends.
I am new to scripting now i want to change the root password using the script with standard password.
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6. 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)
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7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I tried to change the root password. but it shows the following error.
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
passwd: password unchanged
If I login as a normal user that time I'm able to change my (user) password.
If I login as a ROOT then I'm not able to change the password root... (6 Replies)
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8. Ubuntu
We are having a little problem on a server. We want that some users should be able to do e.g. sudo and become root, but with the restriction that the user can't change root password. That is, a guarantee that we still can login to that server and become root no matter of what the other users will... (2 Replies)
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9. 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)
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u3-tool
u3-tool(1) General Commands Manual u3-tool(1)
NAME
u3-tool - Tool for controlling the special features of an U3 USB Flash disk.
SYNOPSIS
u3-tool [-cdDehiRuvV] [-l cd image ] [-p cd size ] device
DESCRIPTION
This tool can be used to control some of the special features of U3 Flash disks.
OPTIONS
-c Change current password.
-d Disable device security leaving the data intact. The current password is required to perform this command. WARNING: this makes all
current data files AND possibly also deleted data public.
-D Dump all raw info(for debug)
-e Enable device security, protecting all files currently on the data partition using a password.
-h Print a short help message.
-i Display device information.
-l <cd image>
Load a new CD image into the cd partition of the device. Make sure the cd partition is big enough to contain the file. Else you'll
have to repartition the device using the '-p' option.
-p <cd size>
Repartition device, reassinging the device space between the cd and data partition. The argument specifies the size of the CD parti-
tion. The rest of the device will be assigned to the data partition. The data partition needs reformating after this command has
been issued.
-R Reset device security destroying private data. This can be used if the device is blocked or the password is lost.
-u Unlock secured data partition. This requires the current password.
-v Use verbose output
-V Print version information
u3-tool(1)