08-03-2014
Your / file system seems to be full. Check with bdf / command and if yes, you MUST make some free space ASAP. Then try again. check if /home is part of / so you could move users files/directories somewhere else and make some quick free space.
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
All,
I am unable to change a password for the user called : poller
I am logged in as root When I do the following command
passwd poller
New Password:
Permission denied
Whe i enter the new password, it gives the above error.
When i log in as poller and then execute the command, then... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: rahulrathod
2 Replies
2. Solaris
passwd only changes the password but i need to change the user name
tnx (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: umen
5 Replies
3. Solaris
In Sun Solaris we have given oracle user for dba that was shared among 5 member. Everytime oracle user password was changed themselves.
We want to trace who has changed the password. It is possible.
Regards
P Manivannan (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: pmsuper
0 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
If we set up FTP only users who can't log in with a shell (/bin/false type of shell) and set them up with a default password, like abc123 or something not secure, is there any way for the user to change their own password once they get on the system? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: LordJezo
2 Replies
5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi!
I'm a bit noob on Unix/Linux world, so sorry any lame question i may make...
Oh.. and my english too.. is not so famous lol..
The deal is to use crontab to change my admin password every weak to something like "mypasswordcurrrentday" that is... i want evey weak to change my password but... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: OdinPT
2 Replies
6. Red Hat
RHEL 5 update 4. How to force a user to change the password at his next logon.
Thanks in advance. (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: uxadmin007
8 Replies
7. Solaris
I am getting the following error message "passwd: User unknown: username" Permission denied error message when trying to change the password for that given user account.
The user account is within the /etc/passwd file and I can also su to the account without any problems. This is sever is not... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: eckmanb
11 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Experts,
I am trying to write a shell script to change DB user password.
Requirement:
login to multiple DBs as multiple users and change their respective passwords.
ex :users:T1,T2,T3
DB:X,Y,Z
scenario:
login as T1 to X,Y,Z
change password
login as T2 to X,Y,Z
change password
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: navsan420
2 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Gurus,
I am lpad user in some of my server. I need to change password at certain period time. I am wondering what is the command to change the passwd.
last time I asked my unix admin, they gave me a comand I chagned it. (I forgot to keep it in safe place, I lost it). this time when... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ken6503
2 Replies
10. Linux
hi
I am not able to change user password from root user.
although it is saying updated successfully.
but still I am not able to login direct to abc user.
however I can login from root user by using su - abc
# passwd abc
Changing password for user abc.
New password:
BAD PASSWORD: it... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: scriptor
2 Replies
LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
lpasswd
lpasswd(1) General Commands Manual lpasswd(1)
NAME
lpasswd - Change group or user password
SYNOPSIS
lpasswd [OPTION]... [name]
DESCRIPTION
Changes password of user or group name.
If the name argument is not provided, username of the invoking user is used; the name argument is ignored if lpasswd is run set-uid to a
different user.
Entering an empty password (by pressing Enter) aborts the password setting operation.
OPTIONS
-F, --plainpassword-fd=fd
Read password from file descriptor fd, terminated by end of file, '
' or '
'.
-f, --password-fd=fd
Read password hash from file descriptor fd, terminated by end of file, '
' or '
'.
-g, --group
Change password of group name. By default the password of user name is changed.
-i, --interactive
Ask all questions when connecting to the user database, even if default answers are set up in libuser configuration.
-P, --plainpassword=password
Set the password to password. Note that the password can be viewed while running lpasswd using tools such as ps(1).
-p, --password=encrypted
Set the password to the password represented by the hash encrypted. Note that the hash can be viewed while running lpasswd using
tools such as ps(1).
EXIT STATUS
The exit status is 0 on success, nonzero on error.
libuser Jan 12 2005 lpasswd(1)