topic Re: reset user password in Operating System - HP-UX

reset user password

Adam Strobel — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:51:49 GMT

I"m new to HPUX can someone tell me how to reset a users password?

thanks,

Re: reset user password

Pete Randall — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:56:28 GMT

man passwd

Pete

Re: reset user password

Alan Meyer_4 — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:56:59 GMT

log in as root and enter the command passwd username.

You will then be prompted to enter a new password and then to confirm it...

Re: reset user password

Adam Strobel — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:58:17 GMT

Thanks everyone!!

--ADam

Re: reset user password

Mel Burslan — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:05:23 GMT

and if your system is trusted and the user got locked out, make sure you unlock the userid.

/usr/lbin/getprpw -l -r -m lockout username_here

if output is 0000000 (seven zeros) the user is not locked out. If you see a one in any location, means user is locked and nedds to be unlocked by :

/usr/lbin/modprpw -l -m alock=NO username_here

also it is best to reset the icorrect login count by

/usr/lbin/modprpw -k username_here

Re: reset user password

Mahesh Kumar Malik — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:48:27 GMT

Hi Adma

Login as root and then passwd username ( as created in hp-ux) will change user password

Regards
Mahesh

Re: reset user password

Cem Tugrul — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 03:28:13 GMT

Hi Adam,

login as root and then;
passwd username

if your user locked then follow as Mel's description also i often use;
/usr/lbin/./modprpw -k username

Good Luck,

Re: reset user password

Gavin Clarke — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 03:37:15 GMT

Let us not forget SAM, there's all sorts of things you can do with SAM if you want a nice easy (well easy-ish) gui to help you do it.

Re: reset user password

Manoj_36 — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 04:03:15 GMT

Hi,
You can change the user passwd using sam or if you want to do it through command prompt you can use 'passwd' command. If you are not a root user and you have authority to change your passwd you can simply give passwd command to change your passwd, it asks your old passwd and if you are root then if you give passwd it will simply allow you to give the new password.

Regards

Re: reset user password

Adam Strobel — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 06:07:41 GMT

Thanks everyone! I got the password reset.

--Adam

Re: reset user password

Cem Tugrul — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 06:11:06 GMT

Hi Adam,
if you got the solution from replies then
would be nice submit points!!!
:-))

Good Luck,