ShadowPassword issue

[Ramones]

Hello everybody

I have here a situation that I need help to clarify...
I have a machine that gives this error when I try to access Users area in SAM:
There is an inconsistency between the file "/etc/passwd" and the file "/etc/shadow". Login "daemon" has no corresponding entry in the file "/etc/shadow". This can be corrected by running "pwconv(1M)" command.
Re-enter Users subarea after correcting this problem.

I then ran the pwconv command and get te following error:
The system cannot be converted to use shadow passwords until the ShadowPassword product is installed.

I thought I could install the ShadowCopy sw and try againn but requires reboot and it's not possible now.

I also realized that I've changed the root password and now I can't login even though I got the "password sucessufully changed" message...I think the problems are related but I'm totally sure.
I can access the machine only through one other that had ssh keys generated and copied somewhere in time.

I've also tried pwunconv but...
sh: pwunconv: not found.

So...what should I do with this mess?


Thanks in advance
Valente

[RobinKing]

Can you clear up whether you do or don't have root access?

You don't have the ShadowPassword product installed right?
Confirm with "swlist -l product | grep -i shadow"

Try cat'ing both /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow and check that the number of lines/entries match "cat /etc/passwd | wc -l; cat /etc/shadow | wc -l"

[Robert-Jan Goossens · Accepted solution]

Hi Valente,

First be sure that the shadow password fileset is not installed and the /etc/passwd file contains the encrypted passwd entry.

# swlist -l fileset ShadowPW.SHADOW
# cat /etc/passwd

If you are sure.
# mv /etc/shadow /etc/old.shadow

abd try resseting the root passwd.

Robert-Jan

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Login "daemon" has no corresponding entry in the file "/etc/shadow"

I don't think this is a very big problem. The user daemon is not supposed to log on anyway.

However the fact the system does not recognize that shadowpasswords is installed is more serious.

I recommend finding it and running swremove on it. I see a good method for finding it in a previous post.

After that, reinstall, assuring you have run md5 checkum against the depot and matching it to http://software.hp.com md5 checksum.

SEP

[whiteknight]

Hi Ramones,

Since you do not have shadow password product installed
See
http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?
productNumber=ShadowPassword or search for "shadow password" on
www.software.hp.com for more information on the Shadow Passwords product,

#mv /etc/shadow /tmp
this should fix the issue

WK

[Ramones]

Hi all

I am definitely not having a good day...
I removed the /etc/shadow file and it worked, as logic tells us. The thing is I thought I had tried it before, but I made a cp instead of a mv ...so I went to check it out and I still had the original file there...

More...
I don't have the ShadowPassword instaled and now I ain't going to install it anymore. Still I already had the depot ready in the machine..
I had root access because of the ssh keys...

(I hope I had replied to all your kind questions). I will assign points.


Thanks,
R