User Passwords

[ASC_1]

We are converting to a trusted system and the os is creating a password for any new accounts.
Can we stop this.
hpux 11
Thanks

[Peggy Fong]

Allen,
Unfortunately I do not have an answer for you but I am very interested in the answer if someone has one. I have the same problem even though I set up templates for restricted sam and set up the system policy for the user to pick the password not the system. The system still generates an initial password when I add a new user. Hope someone knows how to do this :)
Peg

[David Lodge]

The simple answer is to use the tools, not sam!

Or if you *have* to use sam (for whatever twisted reason) change the password youself manually. The way I add users is as follows:

useradd -u -c -s /usr/bin/sh -m
passwd
passwd -f

See the manual pages on the above commands for more details...

[ASC_1]

I can use the commands. However we have a business requirement that states " A One Point Administration Tool w/ a GUI Interface".
So, trusted systems to satisfy an earlier need NIS+, and sam for our admins...