How to update login retries and password aging for a user

[vaish]

I am new to Unix administration, I would like to know how to update login retries and password aging for any particular user

[Patrick Wallek]

You can either go through SAM -> Accounts for Users and Groups -> Users, select the user from the list, go to the ACTIONS menu and select 'Modify Security Policies'. This will then allow you to modify the security settings for that particular user.

Or if you are feeling adventurous at the command line, you can have a look at the modprpw command ('man modprpw' for details if you are on 11.11 or higher).

[Muthukumar_5]

You can do it by command line or with sam.

sam -> Accounts for user and groups -> users -> select a user and go to modify action.

You can use passwd or modprpw utility for password aging on non-trusted or trusted mode.

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Muthu

[Muthukumar_5]

Reference document:

http://docs.hp.com/en/32650-90498/ch03.html

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Muthu

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi Vaish,

A one stop solution,

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=948182

This thread has got everything you need.

-Arun

[Muthukumar_5]

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Muthu

[Arunvijai_4]

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90121/

-Arun

[vaish]

Thanks everybody,

Do anyone know how to set them ( password aging and login retries) in command line ?
In my system "passwd -n 7 username" is not working. I have the following errors "Usage: passwd [ name ]
Options not available using /sbin/passwd
Must invoke /bin/passwd to use options".

[Muthukumar_5 · Accepted solution]

Don't use /sbin/passwd. It is used on single user mode. Try to use as,

/usr/bin/passwd -n 7

It will work.

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Muthu

[Arunvijai_4]

Vaish,

You can try with /bin/passwd instaed of /sbin/passwd. Try to run with full path. It will solve your problem.

-Arun