Command to require users to enter new password

[Ngoh Chean Siung]

Hi,

My HP-UX server is a trusted system (tcb). I hv a list of 80+ new users. After creating their users account, is there any command to let users to key in their own new password after entering their user id in login?

My normal practise is to delete the 2nd line (pwd.....) at /tcb/files/auth/..

Any way to speed up this process?

regards

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

# passwd -f user

Force user to change password upon next login by expiring the current password.

Robert-Jan

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
have you tried:
modprpw -e usr_account
where usr_account is the user account name

[Ngoh Chean Siung]

Hi,

Actually the thing that I want is after user enter their user id at login prompt and press enter, the new password will be prompt as shown below.

login: ncs
Last successful login for ncs: Thu Mar 9 08:50:46 MAL-8 2006 on pts/tm
Last unsuccessful login for ncs: Fri Mar 10 16:40:40 MAL-8 2006 on pts/ty
You don't have a password.
Choose a new password.
Changing password for ncs
Last successful password change for ncs: NEVER
Last unsuccessful password change for ncs: Fri Mar 10 16:40:09 2006

New password:

Any ideas?

regards.

[Senthil Kumar .A_1]

Hi Ngoh,

I'm not too sure whether the trusted system would allow you to have a blank password for a user at anytime. But the option "-x" to modprpw command remotely.. resembles your requirement.

modprpw -x username

QUOTE (from man page):

-x Delete the user's password and return a random password that the
user must later supply to the login process to login and pick a
new password. Not valid for root. Also resets locks.

END QUOTE.

Regards,
Senthil Kumar .A

[Ngoh Chean Siung]

Hi,

Still can't.

regards.