qiangli@gauss.casr.fau.edu (Charlie Li) (06/26/91)
In case a user forgot his password, how can "root" help on this? vipw? How to make the new password field entry? I know at least I can removeuser and then adduser back on, but seems not the best way to do it. Thank you for your advice. Charlie Li
craig@lark.zso.dec.com (Craig Horman) (06/26/91)
Use the passwd command. The format is
passwd {username}
You need to be root at the time.
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here here Protestations of innocence hereyzarn@lhdsy1.chevron.com (Philip Yzarn de Louraille) (06/29/91)
In article <1991Jun25.190902.4070@shark.uucp> qiangli@gauss.casr.fau.edu (Charlie Li) writes: >In case a user forgot his password, how can "root" help on this? vipw? How >to make the new password field entry? > >I know at least I can removeuser and then adduser back on, but seems not >the best way to do it. > >Thank you for your advice. > >Charlie Li Delete all the characters found between the first two ":" in the etc/passwd Then make a passwd for your user, then tell him/her what it is, then tell that person to change it. -- Philip Yzarn de Louraille Internet: yzarn@chevron.com Research Support Division Unix & Open Systems Chevron Information & Technology Co. Tel: (213) 694-9232 P.O. Box 446, La Habra, CA 90633-0446 Fax: (213) 694-7709
chad@oscar.cs.byu.edu (Chad) (06/30/91)
-- In article <1014@lhdsy1.chevron.com>, yzarn@lhdsy1.chevron.com (Philip Yzarn de Louraille) writes: ||>In article <1991Jun25.190902.4070@shark.uucp> qiangli@gauss.casr.fau.edu (Charlie Li) writes: |>>In case a user forgot his password, how can "root" help on this? |>vipw? How |>>to make the new password field entry? |>> |>>I know at least I can removeuser and then adduser back on, but seems |>not |>>the best way to do it. |>> |>>Thank you for your advice. |>> |>>Charlie Li |> |>Delete all the characters found between the first two ":" in the |>etc/passwd |>Then make a passwd for your user, then tell him/her what it is, then |>tell that person to change it. |>-- |> Philip Yzarn de Louraille Internet: |>yzarn@chevron.com |> Research Support Division Unix & Open Systems |> Chevron Information & Technology Co. Tel: (213) 694-9232 |> P.O. Box 446, La Habra, CA 90633-0446 Fax: (213) 694-7709 |> Better yet, as root just # passwd username This will change the password for that user. You don't need to delete anything from /etc/passwd. ************************************************************* Chad Leigh Brigham Young University / on leave from DEC chad@yvax.byu.edu / chad@norge.enet.dec.com *************************************************************