Apologies for my first post being a question. Long time reader, first time registered.
I'm trying to create a new user in Solaris who can reset passwords of other users. It will be held by IT, and I'm not too bothered about it having similar priveledges to root as i'm just using it so i can track a different resource team within our IT team.
I've created the new user: itpasswd
/etc/passwd
/etc/group
When I try to change a users password with the new login, I get the permission denied error.
I know this may be something obvious. Any help would be appreciated. I thought as long as it was in the same group as root it should be ok.
I thought as long as it was in the same group as root it should be ok.
This is a wrong assumption.
You are creating a non privileged account (uid != 0) with a generic non privileged group (gid=other=1). The only "Super-User" attribute is the gecos but that field is nothing more than a comment. It's no surprise that user cannot change anyone's password outside its own.
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i am unable to reset one of my server user password.
whenever i make a "passwd username" i get the following
error
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New Password:
Re-enter new Password:
Permission denied
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Reset password
create a new users
change a users email address, etc
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