reset user password

[Adam Strobel]

I"m new to HPUX can someone tell me how to reset a users password?

thanks,

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

man passwd


Pete

[Alan Meyer_4]

log in as root and enter the command passwd username.

You will then be prompted to enter a new password and then to confirm it...

[Adam Strobel]

Thanks everyone!!

--ADam

[Mel Burslan]

and if your system is trusted and the user got locked out, make sure you unlock the userid.

/usr/lbin/getprpw -l -r -m lockout username_here

if output is 0000000 (seven zeros) the user is not locked out. If you see a one in any location, means user is locked and nedds to be unlocked by :

/usr/lbin/modprpw -l -m alock=NO username_here

also it is best to reset the icorrect login count by

/usr/lbin/modprpw -k username_here

[Mahesh Kumar Malik]

Hi Adma

Login as root and then passwd username ( as created in hp-ux) will change user password

Regards
Mahesh

[Cem Tugrul]

Hi Adam,

login as root and then;
passwd username

if your user locked then follow as Mel's description also i often use;
/usr/lbin/./modprpw -k username

Good Luck,

[Gavin Clarke]

Let us not forget SAM, there's all sorts of things you can do with SAM if you want a nice easy (well easy-ish) gui to help you do it.

[Manoj_36]

Hi,
You can change the user passwd using sam or if you want to do it through command prompt you can use 'passwd' command. If you are not a root user and you have authority to change your passwd you can simply give passwd command to change your passwd, it asks your old passwd and if you are root then if you give passwd it will simply allow you to give the new password.

Regards

[Adam Strobel]

Thanks everyone! I got the password reset.

--Adam

[Cem Tugrul]

Hi Adam,
if you got the solution from replies then
would be nice submit points!!!
:-))

Good Luck,