Posted by Emerson Takahashi on August 4, 2010
root@linux:~ # passwd emerson
Changing password for emerson.
New Password:
Reenter New Password:
Password has been used already. Choose another.
Password changed
Linux is keeping the old password stored on /etc/security/opasswd. Delete the line containing the user that you’re trying to change the password
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Posted by Emerson Takahashi on July 30, 2010
root@solaris:/ # passwd emerson
New Password:
Re-enter new Password:
passwd: System error: no files password for emerson.
Permission denied
In this case there was a problem in the /etc/passwd file. There was a blank line between two users.
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Posted by Emerson Takahashi on April 8, 2010
When you try to change the password of a user that recently changed its password and the server has the CA Access Control, the change will be denied.
root@solaris:/ # passwd username
CA Access Control sepass v12.0.1.1262 – Password replacement
Copyright (c) 2008 CA. All rights reserved.
Password was changed recently, cannot be changed again at this time.
To force the password change, type the command and change <username> and <password>to the values appropriate to your case
root@solaris:/ # /usr/seos/bin/selang -c “cu <username> pwasown (<password>)”
CA Access Control selang v12.0.1.1262 – CA Access Control command line interpreter
Copyright (c) 2008 CA. All rights reserved.(localhost)
Successfully updated USER <username>
(localhost)
Native:
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Successfully updated USER <username>
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