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Old 01-23-2006
User should not be allowed to change passwd
Hi Group,

Can anyone assist me with this?

I am on AIX 5.2 ML06. I create the user and assign a passwd. But I do not want the user to change the passwd at all. I like him/her to use the passwd that I have set for him/her. Any ideas would be highly appreciated!!!

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 01-23-2006
Try the pwdadm command - pwdadm -c <userid>

Do a man on it and you can get more info.
# 3  
Old 01-23-2006
(not tested)
one more, - hope this helps

provide a wrapper to the password changing command.
(supposing you are root or having the password to su root)

something similiar to,

rename passwd to some custom_passwd

wrapper:
Code:
if (userid_of_executor is in list)
echo "not allowed to execute"
else
execute custom_passwd

# 4  
Old 01-23-2006
From AIX passwd man page :

Quote:
If the root user adds the ADMIN attribute to your flags entry or if the password
field in the /etc/passwd file contains an * (asterisk), only the root user can
change your password. The root user also has the exclusive privilege of changing
your password if the password field in /etc/passwd contains an ! (exclamation
point) and the password field in the /etc/security/passwd file contains an *.
Not tested.


jean-Pierre.
 
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