password disable under hp-ux B.11.31

[kacou]

I can't log to the system using "su". see the error message below
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$ su
Account is disabled - see Account Administrator
su: Sorry

[PVR]

Please login into the system as root from your system console. As soon as you login as root from console, the account shall get enabled

Now you try using su and it should work.

[kacou]

are you sure that my root account is not disable?

[PVR]

Account is disabled. But you can login through console.

When the root account is diabled, you can login to the system as root only from console.

As soon as you login into the system as root fromc onsole, it will be enabled automatically. If you have any other root sessions active at this time, you can execute the below command to enable it.

/usr/lbin/modprpw -k root

[kacou]

i have a root session active in other system. i try to log using ssh root@10.x.x.x
but the password still disable.

[PVR]

As root, execute the following command;

/usr/lbin/modprpw -k root

Also give me the output of

/usr/lbin/getprpw root

After executing the first command you should be able to login as root.

[Jeeshan · Accepted solution]

Hi

did you check that, is there any password expiration has occured?

or , did you convert the shadow password?

[kacou]

yes i remember that i convert the shadow password?

Can you help me to resolve the problem now?

[Jeeshan]

then check that the /etc/nsswitch.conf file has this

passwd: files
group: files

.............

if not change the passwd line to

passwd: files

[kacou]

I don't see the /etc/nsswitch.conf but i check the /etc/nsswitch.files file. please see the result below. And what can i do after. help me please.

# vi /etc/nsswitch.files
# @(#)B.11.31_LR
#
# An example file that could be copied over to /etc/nsswitch.conf; it
# does not use any name services.
#
passwd: files
group: files
hosts: files
ipnodes: files
services: files
networks: files
protocols: files
rpc: files
publickey: files
netgroup: files
automount: files
aliases: files
~

[Jeeshan]

you may copy the /etc/nsswitch.files to nsswitch.conf and check again.

#cp /etc/nsswitch.files /etc/nsswitch.conf

[kacou]

see the result below

# cp /etc/nsswitch.files /etc/nsswitch.conf
cp: cannot create /etc/nsswitch.conf: Permission denied

[Jeeshan]

whats the permission of nsswitch.files?

[kacou]

ll nsswitch.files
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 392 Jan 12 2007 nsswitch.files

[Jeeshan]

check this way

1. create nsswitch.conf files and put the all entries hav in nsswitch.files.

2. copy the file entering the /etc folders

3. what is the permission in /etc folder.

4. you can revert back your shadow password. (;-)) using pwunconv.

[kacou]

how can i create using my account? i am not root. i have permission deny.

[Adam Winebaugh]

Again! Log into root from the CONSOLE. The do what is suggested. If the root account is disabled you can still access it by logging into the account from the CONSOLE.

[kacou]

even if i convert the shadow password.

[Jeeshan]

without root password you cannot modify any root user owned file(s).

This means you need to go to single user mode to reset your password

[kacou]

How can i reset the root password on hp-ux b11.31?

[Torsten.]

The answers are in the posts above yours.

As a "normal" user you can change nothing ... no account creation, no root password change.

(this would not make any sense)

[kacou]

After the ''pwunconv''command, am i oblige to reboot the system?