Hi i just whant to update an password entry in /etc/shadow.
But dosen't get it to work. Something is wrong! in this code.
What i try do do is if user kalle exist in shadow.
I whant it to update it's password for just that entry.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>... (2 Replies)
HI i need to delete an entry in /etc/security/passwd.
can't find a way to do it with userpw.h api ( AIX ).
the passwd file i delete like this.
Write all entrys to passwd file except the one we are removing.
can't find any function that works like getspent / getpwent do
in AIX userpw api.... (4 Replies)
I have a database that contains a list of server names, and the password for the root user on several servers (100+). I need to verify the passwords for each of the servers in an automated fashion because the database continues to grow. All of the users that I'm going to test are ROOT. I can't... (1 Reply)
Hi all,
putty connection manager is great but when attempting to sudo or ssh to another box via the post login commands it is subject to issues due to network latency (what happens is that pcm enters the password before the unix box is ready to receive it). Is there any clever way I can make... (1 Reply)
How would I grep for password file entry without using
grep 'username' /etc/passwd?
perhaps with who?
I want to create alias that will find the password file entry regardless of the user who is using it.
I am trying to get the same exact line from the file entry like:
Name : Password : UserID... (7 Replies)
hello all, i am trying to find a better to do what i am doing right now...
i have a file called sidlist...which has my database_name and password to the respective database
so something like below.. file is called sidlist and entry is below...
test, abc123
kes12, abcd12
pss, abcd1234... (5 Replies)
hi all,
i need to combine these files into one csv file.
Bounce_Mail_Event_Daily_Report_01_Jul_2012.csv
Bounce_Mail_Event_Daily_Report_02_Jul_2012.csv
Bounce_Mail_Event_Daily_Report_03_Jul_2012.csv
Bounce_Mail_Event_Daily_Report_04_Jul_2012.csv... (10 Replies)
This one is a bit too challenging for me... Hopefully you guys can help.
Let's say I have a log file called:
"$MW_HOME/user_projects/domains/IDMDomain/servers/wls_ods?/logs/wls_ods1-diagnostic.log"
In this log file I want to search for "DIP-10219". When I execute this
$ cat... (7 Replies)
Before I start, two things.
1) Yes I know it's bad practice and obomination to all things holy, but I'm not a sys admin at JP Morgan, I'm a hobbyist tooling about in a VM, in my pants, at home.
2) If you are just going to flame for even considering hardcoding a root password, thanks, I get... (2 Replies)
Hello friends, I have a question.
Sometimes I have to search for an entry in a file that is repeated thousands of times. Can you tell me how to search so that i get limited results?
For example:
file: myfile.txt
grep "hello world" myfile.txt
this above grep will generate 5000... (4 Replies)
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vipw
vipw(1M)vipw(1M)NAME
vipw - edit the password file
SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION
edits the password file while setting the appropriate locks, and does any necessary processing after the password file is unlocked. If the
password file is already being edited, you will be told to try again later. The editor is used unless the environment variable indicates
an alternate editor.
performs a number of consistency checks on the password entry for and does not allow a password file with an incorrectly formatted root
entry to be installed. To help reduce the possibility of leaving the system in an unbootable state, root's entry is not considered prop-
erly formatted if it has a user ID that is not zero, or if it has a shell other than or
Please refer to passwd(4) and the manual for further details of password file format.
WARNINGS
An file that is not removed when a system crashes prevents further editing of the file using after the system is rebooted. is the standard
lock used by all commands which knowingly modify
Successful execution of is not sufficient for proper system operation. To help maintain consistency with other system databases, editing
of the password file with is generally discouraged. Please use or to edit
AUTHOR
was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.
FILES SEE ALSO chfn(1), chsh(1), passwd(1), sam(1M), useradd(1M), usermod(1M), userdel(1M), passwd(4).
vipw(1M)