Solaris

Hi,

Can someone tell me the command to do this in solaris 5.10 please? I've trawled around the internet for ages but all I can find is the AIX command...

Thanks

The last field of /etc/shadow is a number. The low order 4 bits of that field is the login fail count. Since the "other" bits are not now used, this represents login fails.

If the account is locked out use

Code:

passwd -u

to reset everything.
If you want to dink with /etc/shadow (not a good idea) change that trailing number in the record to a zero.

Example:

Code:

myaccount:\*LK\*R12OfCMPngtJQ:12685::::::5

change the "5" to something else, remember it is a 4 bit number. You will have to change protections on /etc/shadow to do this, be SURE to set them back.

And - since you may mess things up remember the pwconv command can help.

I 2nd what was stated above, but will add this. The login count in /etc/shadow file can just be deleted.
before

Code:

useraccount:cjnhvbvbshb.fem.15251:::::3

after

Code:

useraccount:cjnhvbvbshb.fem.15251:::::

I hope this helps.