topic Re: When was root password last changed?? in Operating System - HP-UX

When was root password last changed??

KPS — Thu, 05 May 2005 10:16:01 GMT

Hi Trusted System Gurus....

Is there a way to find out when the root password was last changed?

I'm at a new company as a Unix Admin and they're running Trusted Systems here with password aging enabled. I don't have a whole lot of experience with this setup. If I go into SAM->Accounts for Users & Groups->Select Root User--> Modify Security Policies->
Password Aging Policies..

I don't see anything in here that tells me when root's password will expire. What's even worse is Password Expiration Warning Time is set to 0 so I guess I won't get any warning when it is about to? I'm trying to prevent root from being locked out here. Would anyone have any suggestions on what I could to for preventing root's password from expiring here?

Thanks very much,
-KPS

Re: When was root password last changed??

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 05 May 2005 10:21:58 GMT

passwd -sa

Should show even when the root password was last changed and when it expired.

The passwd command has many useful reporting features in it that systems administrators should explore.

SEP

Re: When was root password last changed??

KPS — Thu, 05 May 2005 10:26:14 GMT

Thanks that's what I needed. I appreciate your help.

Re: When was root password last changed??

Robert Bennett_3 — Thu, 05 May 2005 16:00:54 GMT

we use:

/usr/lbin/getprpw -m spwchg root

passwd -sa does not work on our 10.20 machines (yes - we still have a few of them around)

The format is not the same as the passwd -sa command so you have to convert month name to numbers (Feb = 02)- but it works.

Just another way to achieve the same thing -

B