topic Re: sudo - password issue in Operating System - HP-UX

sudo - password issue

Anil — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:42:37 GMT

Hi,

I am facing below issue on one of my 11.11 server which is in trusted mode. If I use special characters in password, I can login to server, but for sudo it wont accept the password. With normal password, its working fine.

Could anyone got any clue...

Thanks in advance,
Anil

Re: sudo - password issue

Dennis Handly — Mon, 28 May 2007 05:07:34 GMT

What special characters? # or @? You may have to quote them with "\".

Re: sudo - password issue

Anil — Mon, 28 May 2007 05:46:05 GMT

Thanks for the immediate response.

I am using special characters like $,@,etc. Do u mean I have to specify "\" while providing the sudo password.?

I have other server's working fine with special characters.

Thanks,

Re: sudo - password issue

Anil — Mon, 28 May 2007 06:04:17 GMT

Is there any restrictions for the password in trusted mode for sudo.

Re: sudo - password issue

Patrick Wallek — Mon, 28 May 2007 10:46:43 GMT

Have a read through the passwd(1m) man page. I believe it mentions special characters that should be avoided. That is good practice overall, not just for sudo.

Re: sudo - password issue

Dennis Handly — Mon, 28 May 2007 18:55:39 GMT

>Do you mean I have to specify "\" while providing the sudo password?

You may have to do that if stty is set wrong.

>Is there any restrictions for the password in trusted mode for sudo.

Check the "stty -a" settings and see if "@" shows up, probably for "kill".