passwd with trusted system

[mike mcclernon]

We have implemented trusted systems on a server and are now unable to change the users passwords. We have tried using the passwd command as well as SAM. We are using the root id.

Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide.

[Victor BERRIDGE]

Hi,
There is the possibility to use the restricted sam (sam -r) to grant some users privileges such as of adminitering users accounts, and so if not change the passwd, reset the passwd on trusted systems using sam

Good luck

Regards
Victor

[Victor BERRIDGE]

Hi again,
Since your system is trusted now it would be wise to grant also someon the right to shutdown the box in case the root account get deactivated or someone has changed to passwd without you knowing...
Just thoughts

all the best
Victor
P.S.
Just to check I gave a try on a trusted system, if you are not root it askes youfor the previous passwd and if you are root:
# passwd vbe
Changing password for vbe
Last successful password change for vbe: Tue Mar 16 17:53:07 1999
Last unsuccessful password change for vbe: Tue Mar 16 17:48:09 1999

Do you want (choose one letter only):
pronounceable passwords generated for you (g)
a string of letters generated (l) ?
to pick your passwords (p) ?

[Karthik_2]

Mike,
You can try
/usr/lbin/modprpw -k
to enable the account
/usr/lbin/modprpw -x
to reset the password

Let me know what error you get when trying these commands.

Cheers
Karthik...

[Philip Chan_1]

Try the password check command also, that should be

pwck -s /* or pwchk, can't remember exactly */

that will verify the validity of /etc/password and the user account files under /tcb, this way you know at least the problem wasn't came from data.

~Philip