Trying to su - root

[Saleelah Shabbar]

When trying to su - to root error appears
setting a new password for it cannot be done here

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

check the ~root/.profile

Later,
Bill

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

which error?

Volkmar

[Saleelah Shabbar]

Have looked at the ~root/.profile and nothing would cause this.
The password has expired and it is trying to access the password command and then sending out the above message.

[V. Nyga]

Have you tried a 'normal' login at the console instead of su -?

Volkmar

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hello,

Take a quick look at following link.

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xe1a0663ce855d511abcd0090277a778c,00.html

Is this what's happening on your system ?

Robert-Jan.

[Aaron Sheard]

this is probably not supported by HP and is not for the faint of heart. But when i had that problem (on a trusted node) i simply went into /tcb/files/auth/r

vi the file called 'root'

look for the line that looks like this:

:u_pwd=hiwuwefhwiefDgCZs:
not my real file :)

and remove the encrypted text between the = and the : like:

:u_pwd=:
then run passwd root

it will allow you to set a new, unexpired password.

[Eric Rainer]

Hello

As mentioned
you cannot su to a user when the password has expired. You need to login ( i.e. on the console or using telnet --)
regards
Eric