topic Re: root passwd expires soon in Operating System - Linux

root passwd expires soon

brian_31 — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:33:45 GMT

we run AS 3 and the root passwd expires very soon. how do we correct this issue? when i login with the root passwd it says old passwd expired and asks for new passwd and then when we change it. any advise would be helpful

Thanks

Brian

Re: root passwd expires soon

Ivan Ferreira — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:36:45 GMT

What is "very soon" for you? At every login? You can use the chage command to set the password expiration interval if you use local authentication.

Re: root passwd expires soon

Ivan Krastev — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:51:15 GMT

You can remove password expiration for Linux with: passwd -x -1

regards,
ivan

Re: root passwd expires soon

TANHM — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:34:35 GMT

Hi Brian,

Is good to change (enforce policy) the root password frequently. If your environment allows you not to change the root passwd frequently, you can use the gui (run level 5)- to disable the password expiration period.

Re: root passwd expires soon

Vipulinux — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 07:11:34 GMT

Hi

You ned to edit /etc/shadow file and edit the string for root.

eg if passwd is expiring in 30 days it will look like:
root:$1xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/:13355:0:30:7:::

change it to
root:$1xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/:13355:0:99999:7:::

Cheers

Re: root passwd expires soon

George Liu_4 — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:37:18 GMT

The default won't send it to expire in a short time. You may check the security changes on the system. Many abovedmentioned methods could fix your problem, but you may find the cause of the problem. Could some coworkers configure that way?