protected entry woes

[Tom Burba]

Using passwd on a _few_ accounts yields:
Password cannot be changed. Reason: Cannot access protected password entry.
Changing password in SAM works but when user hits [enter] after his login name he gets: "Login incorrect" even before the password line. Any ideas?

[Dan Bonham]

is this under normal configuration or are you running NIS or NIS+?


Rusty

[Tom Burba]

This host is not running NIS or NIS+

[Brian Markus]

If this is a trusted system your auth files could be out of sync. The users tcb files are in /tcb/files/auth/ There is a command to fix them in /usr/lbin. If it's not a trusted system try removeing one of the users in sam then re-adding them.

Also check to see if there is another user useing the same UID on the box. that can cause errors simular to the ones you described.

Good luck

Brian

[Kim Kendall]

I inherited a system that this password scheme. The only one of the bunch like this.

Is there a way to move back to the standard password mechanism?

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Kim,

Start a new thread on this - you can give the link to this thread if you'd like.
But you can't assign any points if it's not your thread.

Thx,
Jeff

[Niraj Kumar Verma]

acn you try using
first check the password an group files

# /usr/sbin/pwck
# /usr/sbin/grpck

# /usr/bin/passwd -r files

--Niraj

[Abdul Majeed Lardhi]

#pwconv
hen
#pwck

regards