account are restricted by UID

[Cristina McLeod]

How do you make
password changes for the account to be restricted by UID

[Steven E. Protter]

By operating sysetm default only a superuser can change other users passwordsd.

if user jsmith type the command passwd fjones

It should fail.

I probably don't understand your question though. Could you please elaborate.

SEP

[Govind]

Only UIDs that are Non Zero can change their own passwords. You dont have to do anything special to achieve it. However Root can change anyones password.
-Govind

[Darren Prior]

Hi,

If this is a trusted system you need to ensure that u_pswduser=root in the /tcb/files/auth/system/default file, so that only root and the user can change the password.

If you're suggesting having an account where the user cannot change their own password - maybe because it is shared between a few people - I don't believe there's a way to implement this; short of hiding the passwd command. This wouldn't be recommended.

regards,

Darren.

[Cristina McLeod]

Thank you gentlemen for your quick response.

I, myself, also got confused with how it was worded.

But I found out the only thing it meant was, the user or the account is not allowed to change it's own password.

[Govind]

Ok I think I know what exactly you are looking for. To Prevent Users changing their passwords on the HPUX workstations you have to append their passwords with ,./ Or the better way of doing it is through SAM.
SAM-->Accounts For Users And Groups---> "Double click on the User Name"----> Select Modify Password Options... -----> Allow Only Super User to Change the password.
This should work for you.
Regards
Govind

[Cristina McLeod]

Thanks very much. That's what I'm looking for.