topic Re: root should be unlock automatically after getting lock in Operating System - HP-UX

root should be unlock automatically after getting lock

Viney Kumar — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:05:04 GMT

Hi all

I have a trusted system. In which i want a set a policy that only my root user is automatically unlock after 15 min onces if it is locked

thanks

Re: root should be unlock automatically after getting lock

Steven E. Protter — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:33:55 GMT

Shalom,

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-60130/modprpw.1M.html

That command will do it.

You can't do it by policy.

You will have to write a script and run it every minute.

Use lastb to detect recent bad login and use modprpw to reset it.

SEP

Re: root should be unlock automatically after getting lock

Suraj K Sankari — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:47:06 GMT

Hi,

You can right a script for unlocking root and put into cron with 15 min intervel.

Suraj

Re: root should be unlock automatically after getting lock

OldSchool — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:50:24 GMT

or better yet, find out *why* its getting locked?

Re: root should be unlock automatically after getting lock

Sunny123_1 — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:25:16 GMT

use modprpw -k root and set this command in crontab that will solve your problem

Re: root should be unlock automatically after getting lock

Sp4admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:51:12 GMT

One would wonder why the users area getting locked in the first place. If you don't have a concern on why, then you can write a script using the "modprpw" command and put in a cron job as mentioned above.

sp,

Re: root should be unlock automatically after getting lock

OldSchool — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:03:41 GMT

and, of course, using cron every 15 minutes to do that means that the maximum time it is locked is 15 minutes, the minimum could be much less.

consider what would happen if the cronjob ran at 00,15,30 and 45 minutes, and the account locked at 14min 45 seconds after the hour.