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Old 11-14-2003
Unix login session and Password
Hi All,

I've login to Unix using login name guest and I'm working on it,
I need another session to run some script hence tried to login
but password invalid it says here my question is :

Since I'm in working in one session can I set the password without knowing old password? is there any way?

Thanks in advance
Krishna
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Old 11-14-2003
Hi,

If the policy of that system is that the old password is required to change, you can't do anything as a normal user... If you're super user, you can change that policy.
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