I'm tasked to change a user's password on multiple Linux systems (RH v3). I though copying the encrypted password from one Linux /etc/shadow file to another would work but I was wrong.
The long term solution is to establish an openLDAP Directory service, but for now I'm stuck with a manual... (1 Reply)
Hey all,
How to reset the password to a given user id ??
I used passwd commands, but now for that user there are 2 passwords. i.e the old and new passwords.
as : passwd mqcfaostt
oldpassword : pass1
new password : pass2
Confirm new password : pass2
Now, su - mqcdaostt is working for... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: varungupta
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Hi all,
I need to change the password of any user in one go.
For example in Linux we have two options :-
(echo "username:password") | chpasswd
or
echo $PASS | passwd $USER --stdin
This changes the password without prompting. Actually, I need to make a script which adds a user and... (0 Replies)
Hi Friends.
I am new to scripting now i want to change the root password using the script with standard password.
which is the easy scripting to learn for the beginner, Thanks in advance. (2 Replies)
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)
When I am trying to change the password of my account. I could see the following error:
passwd: Changing password for ramu
Enter existing login password:
passwd: Sorry: less than 14 days since the last change.
Permission denied
Is anybody out there who can help me in changing my password? (4 Replies)
AIX 6.1
User has a password set.
It needs to be a blank password (no password).
smit passwd
enter user name
at change password and confirm password, just press ENTER
Afterwards, I could not log on with blank password or with original password.
How can I change the password to a... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: landog
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I was unable to login and so used the "Forgotten Password' process. I was sent a NEWLY-PROVIDED password and a link through which my password could be changed. The NEWLY-PROVIDED password allowed me to login.
Following the provided link I attempted to update my password to one of my own... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Rich Marton
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unix2_chkpwd
UNIX2_CHKPWD(8) Linux-PAM Manual UNIX2_CHKPWD(8)NAME
unix2_chkpwd - helper binary that verifies the password of the current user
SYNOPSIS
/sbin/unix2_chkpwd servicename username
DESCRIPTION
unix2_chkpwd is a helper program for applications that verifies the password of the current user. It is not intended to be run directly
from the command line and logs a security violation if done so.
It is typically installed setuid root or setgid shadow and called by applications, which only wishes to do an user authentification and
nothing more.
OPTIONS
unix2_pwdchk requires the following arguments:
pam_service
The name of the service using unix2_chkpwd. This is required to be one of the services in /etc/pam.d
username
The name of the user whose password you want to verify.
INPUTS
unix2_pwdchk expects the password via stdin.
RETURN CODES
unix2_chkpwd has the following return codes:
1 unix2_chkpwd was inappropriately called from the command line or the password is incorrect.
0 The password is correct.
HISTORY
Written by Olaf Kirch loosely based on unix_chkpwd by Andrew Morgan
SEE ALSO pam(8)AUTHOR
Emily Ratliff.
Linux-PAM 0.76 2003-03-21 UNIX2_CHKPWD(8)
06-08-2008
change password in one go
