topic Re: unable to lock the user account in Operating System - HP-UX

unable to lock the user account

rajesh73 — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 06:36:44 GMT

unable to lock the user account

$passwd -l kumar
Unexpected failure. Password file unchanged. Recommend running pwck command.
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kindly find the above error and how to solve to resolve

Re: unable to lock the user account

Manix — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 06:42:57 GMT

please post cat/etc/passwd | grep -i kumar

is it trusted system , do we have a directory called as /tcb ?

Does this command works ?
/usr/lbin/getprpw useraccount

Re: unable to lock the user account

rajesh73 — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:09:43 GMT

Hi,

kindly find the below output

$more /etc/passwd | grep -i kumar
kumar:*:108:105::/home/anbu:/sbin/sh

getprpw kumar -command working

Thanks,

Re: unable to lock the user account

rajesh73 — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:11:18 GMT

sorry ,kindly find the below output

$more /etc/passwd | grep -i kumar
kumar:*:108:105::/home/kumar:/sbin/sh

Re: unable to lock the user account

Manix — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:14:45 GMT

Looks like a trusted system.

Try below commands.

/usr/lbin/modprpw -l -m alock=YES kumar
##lock the account of user

/usr/lbin/getprpw -r -m lockout kumar
##checks if accout is locked
0000010 ##a "1" indicates it's locked

Thanks
Manix

Re: unable to lock the user account

rajesh73 — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:19:57 GMT

Thanks monix ,now the account is locked

Re: unable to lock the user account

Manix — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 07:22:29 GMT

Your welcome Rajesh as you jumped me over--its "Manix" --))

Re: unable to lock the user account

madhuchakkaravarthy — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:28:17 GMT

hi

plz post the output of pwck and post the output....

regards

MC