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

User problem

unixguy_1 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:46:04 GMT

hi friendds,

In HP-Unix for examble, one user is not able to reset the password.

pls anyone help to me....

Regards,
Unixguy.

Re: User problem

Patrick Wallek — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:48:41 GMT

>> one user is not able to reset the password.

How is the user trying to reset the password? Is the user doing a:

$ passwd username

What is the error?

Re: User problem

unixguy_1 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:57:58 GMT

no,

they are not having any wirtes to do,

acually the problem is every 14 days only he can reset the password,before login to the console,the message wiil come to reset ur password.

after 14 days it's expiring,then it will ask.
that time they r not to reset it.

why?

Re: User problem

Matti_Kurkela — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:53:50 GMT

What is the exact error message?

I guess the sysadmin might have set the password minimum age and the password maximum age to the same value for this user.

The password maximum age setting forces the user to change the password at login time when the old password is expired, as you have seen.

The password minimum age setting prevents the user from changing the password again until a defined number of days has passed. This is to prevent the user from immediately changing the password again, back to the old value.

However, I think forcing to change the password every 14 days is a bit excessive. The user is likely to have the password written down somewhere. Maybe a Post-It note under the keyboard or on the edge of the display?

MK

Re: User problem

raiden — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:45:02 GMT

first enable it since my guess is tht the account must hv locked.

/usr/lbin/modprpw -k "username"

thn tell the user to reset the password

Re: User problem

Johnson Punniyalingam — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:02:28 GMT

Hi,

its trusted system..?

/usr/lbin/getprpw

the above command will show "expiry" "lifetime"

if use account locked "lockout=0001000" --> meaning user account locked,

to enable

/usr/lbin/modprpw -k

Thx
Johnson

Re: User problem

unixguy_1 — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:52:20 GMT

thanks a lot for giving the support

it's resolved,i enabled the user and reset the passwd.

thanks MK,Patriek, Johnson.

Regards,
R.Sekar.

Re: User problem

unixguy_1 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:39:31 GMT

Thanks a lot