* password

[kacou]

how can i active user's password which became '* 'in the /etc/passwd file after a bad handling.

[Mike Shilladay]

Hi Kacou,

You can activate the password, (should it need activating) by forcing a change from root user. The '*' normally implies that the systems is trusted so further security is added, which replaces the normally encrypted passwd with a shadow passwd file in the tcb directory.

Mike.

[Mike Shilladay]

Hi Kacou,

You can activate the password, (should it need activating) by forcing a change from root user. The '*' normally implies that the systems is trusted so further security is added, which replaces the normally encrypted passwd with a shadow passwd file in the tcb directory.

To change the password from root you would issue the command:

passwd

You will need to enter the new password twice, if the system is trusted you will need some numbers or special characters.

Mike.

[Torsten.]

Based on your other threads I guess you have a trusted system - the "*" is totally normal then.

[kacou]

i know that i have a trusted system. but i don't want a trusted system at all.
i wan to unconver my system in untreasted sytem

[Torsten.]

Consider to convert it back ...

[kacou]

i know that i have a trusted system. but i don't want a trusted system at all.
i wan to unconver my system in untreasted sytem.

[Torsten.]

SAM:

A Trusted System can be easily changed back to a standard HP-UX system by using the Actions menu in any of the SAM Auditing subareas.

[kacou]

i try! but where exactly

[kacou]

yello all

i resolve my problem using sam!!! thanks a lot!!!

have a good week