If you want it to persist through password changes then script it and put it in roots crontab with all users that you want to not be required to change their passwords. Something like this. As far as i know there is no other way to do it, but i may be wrong.
I have a script running as a cron job in machine A . This script ftps some files everyday from machine A to machine B, and mails me about the status. It works fine for some days....and suddenly stops running. By viewing the log files, I see that the script itself was not invoked by cron on those... (4 Replies)
I could not find an entry for my linux user account in /etc/passwd file. I can remember some time back one of my SA showed the entry line using some other command. Can someone please help me on this to view the details of my linux user account? (3 Replies)
i wonder if there is a tool to read the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow files in order to reset user accounts to the same one.
By moving (restore) all filessytem and data to another same Sun box, none of the users are able to logon to the new box which i didn't change nothing. But if i reset the user... (1 Reply)
I'm trying to make this work, and it half works. Accounts with password hashes matching the old crypt(3) algorithm work just fine:
JUpfW/w6jo6aw
But accounts with longer password hashes preceded by $1$, such as the following, do not work:
$1$iIcbppdP$HDyjJeVMGgJ.ovLsnjtTR.... (0 Replies)
how unix users able to change their password even if they have only read permissions and how backend process will be happening can u explain me which are files need to involved in this process (3 Replies)
Hi , can anyone explain me the difference between /etc/shadow and /etc/default/passwd . As per my knowledge both the files are used for password aging and control parameters. (2 Replies)
hi, all
I just started on new box where I have to diff passwd working perfectly on the very same account/user. I see that shadow was added recently (I'm not a root in there), I see 'x' in passwd. Not sure how it should work, should I change old passwd for one defined in shadow? Or it's fine to... (20 Replies)
Hi all..
I moved the /etc/shadow and /etc/shadow files to /tmp and then rebooted my PARC machine running 5.10. I did it to see if I could recover from single user mode.
But, I forgot to enable the abort key-sequence which I earlier disabled.
Stuck!
One of my gurus told I had to... (9 Replies)
Hi,
I have a Solaris 10 box where password aging is not functioning properly. Using the passwd command with the -l or -u options causes the lastchg field in the /etc/shadow file to be modified. Therefore, if a user's password is set to expire in 90 days and they are 1 day away, all they have... (4 Replies)
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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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