I logged in the server with my user and I became root using su

emerson@solaris:~ $ su –
Password:

I was trying to reset my password but it was giving the error message “Users cannot set their own password via selang”

root@solaris:/ # /usr/seos/bin/selang -c “cu emerson pwasown(changeme) unix”
CA Access Control selang v12.0.1.1262 – CA Access Control command line interpreter
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(localhost)
ERROR: Operation not allowed
ERROR: Users cannot set their own password via selang
(localhost)
Unix :
======
ERROR: Operation not allowed
ERROR: Users cannot set their own password via selang

If you login with the user and try to replace the user’s password it will give this error. You need to login with another user to run the command above.