Logon Problem

[Suni Raj]

Hi,
I am facing a problem in hp-ux 11.0 D class box when a user attempts to try login. It doesn't allow to login and says login incorrect.

When I try to reset the passwd of that user, it says "not Owner".

Can anybody help me out asap?

[Vibhor Kumar Agarwal]

Check the /etc/passwd file.

[Pete Randall]

Are you root when you try to reset the password?


Pete

[Fabio Ettore]

Hi,

'not Owner' sounds like you are not root (as Pete said) when trying to change password.
Also is it a trusted system?

Best regards,
Fabio

[Suni Raj]

Yea..I am in single user mode and still I am not able to reset that user's passwd.

[Alessandro Pilati]

Check the ownership of /usr/bin/login: it must be root, and not bin.

Regards,
Alex

[Alessandro Pilati]

Suni,
check also if the permissions of /etc/passwd file, and if there aren't special characters inside.

[Pete Randall]

You might want to run pwck to check the password file for corruption.


Pete

[Fabio Ettore]

Hi,

try to move actual /etc/passwd and to get a fresh file from /usr/newconfig/etc. Just make sure to have right permissions

-r--r--r-- 1 root sys

and then change root password and re-create the users by useradd or SAM.

Best regards,
Fabio

[Suni Raj]

Still the problem is there.