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Operating Systems Solaris changing user password as root on LDAP client SOl10/u7 Post 302341215 by andom on Wednesday 5th of August 2009 09:18:26 AM
Old 08-05-2009
Hi,
actually, I would be interested in a solution to this problem too ...
I think the way root is treated depends on the implementation of the LDAP client. For example, in AIX root stays root for LDAP passwd. (prompts for the old password, but accepts a simple <enter>)
On HP-UX boxes, root is treated as normal user who has to supply the old password of the user he wants to change.
Solaris seems to handle a lot of this stuff similar to HP-UX.
If somebody here knows better, please tell us so.
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dsenableroot

dsenableroot(8) 					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					   dsenableroot(8)

NAME

     dsenableroot -- enables or disables the root account.

SYNOPSIS

     dsenableroot [-d] [-u username] [-p password] [-r rootPassword]

DESCRIPTION

     dsenableroot sets the password for the root account if enabling the root user account.  Otherwise, if disable [-d] is chosen, the root
     account passwords are removed and the root user is disabled.

     A list of flags and their descriptions:

     -u username
	      Username of a user that has administrative privileges on this computer.

     -p password
	      Password to use in conjunction with the specified username.  If this is not specified, you will be prompted for entry.

     -r rootPassword
	      Password to be used for the root account.  If this is not specified for enabling, you will be prompted for entry.

EXAMPLES

     -dsenableroot
	      Your username will be used and you will be queried for both your password and the new root password to be set to enable the root
	      account.

     -dsenableroot -d
	      Your username will be used and you will be queried for only your password to disable the root account.

     -dsenableroot -u username -p userpassword -r rootpassword
	      The supplied arguments will be used to enable the root account.

     -dsenableroot -d -u username -p userpassword
	      The supplied arguments will be used to disable the root account.

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