Solaris 9 - Root Password Expired - Can't SU to root.

This drives me crazy... I can't believe a sun box ends up in this situation by default. This is the second time I encountered this problem, where the root password expires, and you can't SU to root to change it: > su - Password: Password for user 'root' has expired - use passwd(1) to update it > Both situations on Solaris 9. Anyone know how I can change it without rebooting the server? Thanks!

On Jun 4, 2:07 pm, Michelle <newsgrps_rem0ve_t...@mst.ca> wrote: > This drives me crazy... I can't believe a sun box ends up in this > situation by default. They don't. Someone has changed something to make root passwds expire. I'd find them and kill them if I were you.

On Mon, 4 Jun 2007, Michelle wrote: > This drives me crazy... I can't believe a sun box ends up in this situation by > default. Umm, Solaris DOESN'T do this by default. Find the person who did do this, and give them a good LART with a clue bat. -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OGB member CEO, My Online Home Inventory Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com

In article <1180965548.613439.76840@n4g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, Tim Bradshaw <tfb+google@tfeb.org> wrote: > On Jun 4, 2:07 pm, Michelle <newsgrps_rem0ve_t...@mst.ca> wrote: > > This drives me crazy... I can't believe a sun box ends up in this > > situation by default. > > They don't. Someone has changed something to make root passwds > expire. I'd find them and kill them if I were you. Maybe this was a "going away present" from the previous admin? -- DeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee...

On Jun 4, 2:07 pm, Michelle <newsgrps_rem0ve_t...@mst.ca> wrote: > This drives me crazy... I can't believe a sun box ends up in this > situation by default. > > This is the second time I encountered this problem, where the root > password expires, and you can't SU to root to change it: > > > su - > Password: > Password for user 'root' has expired - use passwd(1) to update it > > > > Both situations on Solaris 9. Anyone know how I can change it without > rebooting the server? > > Thanks! Check /etc/default/passwd file /etc/security/policy.conf file. Not sure if those settings apply to root though.

Michelle wrote: > This drives me crazy... I can't believe a sun box ends up in this > situation by default. > > This is the second time I encountered this problem, where the root > password expires, and you can't SU to root to change it: > > > su - > Password: > Password for user 'root' has expired - use passwd(1) to update it > > > > Both situations on Solaris 9. Anyone know how I can change it without > rebooting the server? > > Thanks! Have you tried logging in as root directly on a local console rather than using su?

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