topic Re: passwd problem in Operating System - HP-UX

passwd problem

SupraTeam_1 — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:29:41 GMT

Hello to all,
I have a problem on an standalone workstation.
It is impossible to me to change a user passwd !!!!
It's the samle whith a root privilege :

passwd toto
Invalid login name.

/root # which passwd
/usr/bin/passwd

regards

Re: passwd problem

Leif Halvarsson_2 — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:34:12 GMT

Hi,

Is there anything strange with the login name. Check the user entry in the /etc/passwd file .

Or, are you using NIS ?

Re: passwd problem

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:34:49 GMT

The response indicates that the user does not exist.

cat /etc/passwd | grep toto | wc -l

If the reponse is 1 then it does exist, if not, it needs to be added.

If its supposed to be there, time to check for corruption:

bdf

Is root / full?

pwck

grpck

Some errors are acceptable, but not a lot.

Also, check permissions on /usr/bin/passwd
ll /usr/bin/passwd

It is supposed to be suid, and some adventurous admins turn that off stopping users from being able to change their own passwords.

SEP

Re: passwd problem

Rick Garland — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:41:56 GMT

This is telling you that toto does not exist. By chance was this account added via editing of the passwd file? Were there any unprintable characters used in the creation?

The command 'cat -v' may be of help in IDing the nonprinting characters.

/usr/bin/cat -v /etc/passwd

Re: passwd problem

SupraTeam_1 — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:50:46 GMT

Thank you Steven,
the probleme was i had a bad account in /etc/passwd , i see whith pwck
Thank you very much

Re: passwd problem

SupraTeam_1 — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:51:30 GMT

Steven E Protter Find my problem Thanks