topic /etc/default/security in Operating System - HP-UX

/etc/default/security

j773303 — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:30:17 GMT

Could anyone help me, I set the
NUMBER_OF_LOGINS_ALLOWED=1 in /etc/default/security to force one times for logins, Please view the below message, user H0826 login failed.

HP-UX master B.11.11 U 9000/800 (tg)

login: H0826
Password:
Exceeds number of logins allowed (1) for user H0826
Connection closed by foreign host.

But currently no H0826 logon on the system, I've check the "who -u" and /etc/utmp file, there're no H0826 user logon, why H0826 can not login now. Any troubleshooting suggestion. Thanks in advanced.

Re: /etc/default/security

Ermin Borovac — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:40:29 GMT

Do you have PHCO_27694 installed?

PHCO_27694 s700_800 11.11 login(1) cumulative patch

( SR:8606273425 CR:JAGae37513 )
When the number of logins to the system allowed for each
user is limited by the NUMBER_OF_LOGINS_ALLOWED field in the
/etc/default/security file, users whose login names are
longer than 4 characters are treated as the same user if the
first 4 characters of the login names are identical. As a
result, some users may be disallowed to login with the error
message "Exceeds number of logins (N) allowed for user USER"
even though the user "USER" does not have as many login
sessions as "N" specified by NUMBER_OF_LOGINS_ALLOWED.

Re: /etc/default/security

Keith Bevan_1 — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 04:13:11 GMT

You may want to check that there is no process associated with login 'H0826' :-

ps -ef | grep 'H0826'

Some daemons can be started by non-root users and would not show as who -u

Keith

Re: /etc/default/security

Bill Hassell — Mon, 15 Dec 2003 08:35:50 GMT

When looking for a specific user ID, it is much more accurate to let ps do the searching, not grep:

ps -f -u H0826