topic Re: which command is used to enable a user in hp-ux ? in Operating System - HP-UX

which command is used to enable a user in hp-ux ?

ROCK_10 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:18:05 GMT

Hi All ,

I am looking for a command which will used to enable a user whose user id is locked .

Many Thanks ,
Rahul

Re: which command is used to enable a user in hp-ux ?

Luk Vandenbussche — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:26:44 GMT

You can do this via the SAM user interface

Re: which command is used to enable a user in hp-ux ?

ROCK_10 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:28:29 GMT

Thanks for your support ,but i want solution in command line.Please help me out

Re: which command is used to enable a user in hp-ux ?

Viswanadhan — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:32:51 GMT

Hi Rahul

Try following command

# /usr/lbin/modprpw -k username

Regards,
Viswanadhan.

Re: which command is used to enable a user in hp-ux ?

Oviwan — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:34:16 GMT

Hey

Untrusted system:
passwd -d username

-d Allow user to login without a password by deleting it.
In untrusted mode this unlocks/activates the user
account if found locked/deactivated.

trusted system:
/usr/lbin/modprpw -k useraccount

Regards

Re: which command is used to enable a user in hp-ux ?

ROCK_10 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:42:40 GMT

passwd: illegal option -- d
Usage: passwd [ -F file ] [ name ]
passwd [ -f ] [ -n min ] [ -x max ] [ -w warn ] name

Re: which command is used to enable a user in hp-ux ?

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:42:54 GMT

Shalom

man passwd

trusted
man modprpw

The explanation and examples there are quite adequate.

SEP

Re: which command is used to enable a user in hp-ux ?

ROCK_10 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:45:07 GMT

But my system is not trusted system.

Re: which command is used to enable a user in hp-ux ?

Ivan Krastev — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:46:00 GMT

What is your OS version ?
'passwd' is not for trusted systems.

regards,
ivan

Re: which command is used to enable a user in hp-ux ?

ROCK_10 — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:48:47 GMT

OS is 10.20
B.10.20 A 9000/712 2012902162

Re: which command is used to enable a user in hp-ux ?

Ivan Krastev — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:06:14 GMT

Try to chage password expiration date on that user:

passwd -x 100 username

regards,
ivan

Re: which command is used to enable a user in hp-ux ?

A. Clay Stephenson — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:17:14 GMT

If an account is locked in an untrusted system then this means that the password hash has been replaced with '*' (actually any password hash that is non null and not exactly 13 characters long is an invalid password hash but '*' is used by convention and by the standard commands to lock the account). You simply need to assign a new password to unlock it.