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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
i do not have root on a solairs 10 server , however i do have the root role, i was wondering if I can change the root password as a a role with the passwd command? I have not tried yet.
and do i have to use the # chgkey -p afterwards?
i need to patch is why i am asking.
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Discussion started by: goya
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2. Ubuntu
We are having a little problem on a server. We want that some users should be able to do e.g. sudo and become root, but with the restriction that the user can't change root password. That is, a guarantee that we still can login to that server and become root no matter of what the other users will... (2 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Folks ,
I have a query that is I have a server (unix machhine) to which I login thru winscp or putty , mostly I use putty and at a particular location there is one xml(abc.xml) while which I change , let say
1) I login to first unix box
hostname :- ccc74
username ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: tuntun27272727
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello Experts,
Need some direction on creating shell script for following environment:
We have about 20 people in the team working as Oracle DBA's (sysdba's and appdba's). Total Servers which is a mix of Unix and Linux are 200. We do not have Root user access on any of the servers and... (3 Replies)
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5. Solaris
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)
Discussion started by: tferrazz
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6. Red Hat
i am having 4 operting system
RHEL4
RHEL5
SLES9
SLES10
when the system boots up i need to have rhel4 so how to change the mount point and after that how can change the root to diff OS'
somebody help me
thanks
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Discussion started by: revenna
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7. HP-UX
Hello!
I forget the root password and I need to change it. I've read others threads about it in this forum, but it seems it's necessary to modify /etc/passwd file. In my HPUX Systems this passwd file have only "read" permissions ant its owner is the root user, so how can i modify this file, if I... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: kaugrs
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8. HP-UX
Hello,
I try to make a change on the root password on HP UX. I use sam but it didn't work here.
I try to login as root but I failed however, I login to my name and then change to su and su password then it is o.k
There is not much different from root and su but how do we use root?
Thanks so... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: mle06
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
Can someone tell me how to change time inside red hat linux machine as root?
ThanX! (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: whatisthis
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