password reset error

[lawrenzo_1]

Hello,

I have another issue this evening attempting to password reset an account: The password will change using /usr/lbin/modprpw -x clawren1

but when I want to specify my own passwd the following is displayed:

Changing password for clawren1
Last successful password change for clawren1: NEVER
Last unsuccessful password change for clawren1: Fri Nov 12 04:04:17 2004

Current user has no Protected Password entry.
(spdm828a:root)#

The thing is I have chnaged the password several times in the passed.

Thanks

[Ranjith_5]

Hi,

Why dont you you use #passwd for changing the password.In my trusted system I use passwd command to change the password when I need to specify my own password.

#modprpw -x is used when u wanted to 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.

Regards,
Syam

[lawrenzo_1]

I get the error when i run passwd

[Ermin Borovac]

Check your passwd entry in /etc/nsswitch.conf.

passwd: files

[lawrenzo_1]

yep this is set in nsswitch.conf

[Ermin Borovac · Accepted solution]

Please check TCB database for consistency with pwck

# /usr/sbin/pwck -s

[Ranjith_5]

Hi,

Can you tell me what is the exact error?

Regards,
Syam

[lawrenzo_1]

the message details:

has a greater expire time than the system default expire time.

how can I fix this?

Thanks

[lawrenzo_1]

i will elaborate:

when i run pwck -s I get

has a greater expire time than the system default expire time

for all users on the system - I could chnage my passowrd last week and the server has been up for months

[lawrenzo_1]

please see follwoing questions