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1. Forum Support Area for Unregistered Users & Account Problems
I was unable to login and so used the "Forgotten Password' process. I was sent a NEWLY-PROVIDED password and a link through which my password could be changed. The NEWLY-PROVIDED password allowed me to login.
Following the provided link I attempted to update my password to one of my own... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Rich Marton
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2. AIX
AIX 6.1
User has a password set.
It needs to be a blank password (no password).
smit passwd
enter user name
at change password and confirm password, just press ENTER
Afterwards, I could not log on with blank password or with original password.
How can I change the password to a... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: landog
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
When I am trying to change the password of my account. I could see the following error:
passwd: Changing password for ramu
Enter existing login password:
passwd: Sorry: less than 14 days since the last change.
Permission denied
Is anybody out there who can help me in changing my password? (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: bobby1015
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi , i am a still beginner in unix and specially in ftp i've written this script but my admin asked me that he don't want to see in my ftp neither user neither password , so i've created .netrc file where in it i've put machine name , user and pass but still included in my script , so if someone... (19 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi
My requirement is i want to copy files from remote server to the local server and also i need to preserve the timestamp of the remote file.
By using scp -p , it is working fine in the interactive call but it is not preserving he file timestamp when i use it in the non interactive scp call... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: skumar75
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6. 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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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Friends.
I am new to scripting now i want to change the root password using the script with standard password.
which is the easy scripting to learn for the beginner, Thanks in advance. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kurva
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I need to change the password of any user in one go.
For example in Linux we have two options :-
(echo "username:password") | chpasswd
or
echo $PASS | passwd $USER --stdin
This changes the password without prompting. Actually, I need to make a script which adds a user and... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: vikas027
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm tasked to change a user's password on multiple Linux systems (RH v3). I though copying the encrypted password from one Linux /etc/shadow file to another would work but I was wrong.
The long term solution is to establish an openLDAP Directory service, but for now I'm stuck with a manual... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: benq70
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I have just upgraded one on my solaris 8 machine to solaris 9 the upgraded went fine and user have
loging on successfully and authenticated user logon on nis successfully.
My Nis master runs on solaris 8.
my solaris 9 machine is configure as a Nis client and authenticated user successfully but... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: hassan2
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