Auto Lock

[Chris_769]

Hi,

I was wondering if someone knew how to set a user to have his account be automatically be locked out? A client would like that once a account is unlocked, the server (Tru64, 5.1B) would automatically be locked again by a certain time.
Thanks in advance for your response.

Cheers,
Chris

[Radouan Bouzite]

use u_unlock field , see man prpasswd

[Johan Brusche]

Off-course that is only working after you configure C2-security.....ie secsetup

___ Johan.

[Chris_769]

Hi Johan,

Thanks for the response, but I could not see what I was looking for there.

What I am trying to do is have a user account be unlocked at a certain time and be locked again at certain time in a day.

This way the administrator does not have to manually go in to the account manager and unlock the account and then again lock it before he leaves, for instance.

Did I miss it in the man page or it is another cmd I need? A script or crontab entry?

Cheers,
Chris

[Victor Semaska_3]

As Johan mentioned, you need to have Enhanced Security enabled. You can check/enable it with:

/usr/sbin/sysman secconfig

If you have to enable it I believe a reboot will be required.

Then add two entries in root's crontab.

To unlock the account:
/usr/sbin/usermod -x administrative_lock_applied=0

To lock the account:
/usr/sbin/usermod -x administrative_lock_applied=1

That should do it.

Vic

[Ann Majeske]

If you have Enhanced Security (C2) enabled, you could try playing with the u_tod field directly (see "man prpasswd" and "man edauth") or you could set it with the usermod command (see "man usermod" and look for the text under -x "logon_hours"). This field "sets the days of the week and hours of the day during which the account holder can log in to the account", according to the usermod man page.

Ann

[Chris_769]

Hi Ann,

That's great, thanks for the tip, will try it and hope it works. Thanks.

Cheers,
Chris

[Alexey Borchev]

Cris,
1) You need C2 enabled indeed.
2) After that, You'll be able to setup working hours via Account manager.
It's little bit simpler&safier, than fiddling with config files directly.

[Chris_769]

Hi All,

1st, thanks for your replys.
2nd, results: usermod did nto work. now the account is locked out all the time, cant get in, only get this:
Wrong time period to log into this account.

The crontab entry worked for locking the account, but not for unlocking it. Have Enhanced Security (C2), but dont have Accoutn manager, need to do this through cmds. Crontab had set for lock and then unlock 1:30 later same day specifics.

usermod had entered only one day for it to be locked, but now locked all days.

Any ideas?

Cheers,
Chris

[Victor Semaska_3]

Chris,

I don't understand. I tried it on my test box and it worked fine. Could you list the crontab entries.

Also, that message 'Wrong time period to log into this account.' bothers me. I never seen that one before. Sounds like the 'Time of Day' field in the 'Login Restriction' security window was somehow set.

Why can't you run dxaccounts on the console?

Vic