Initial user Password

[gkd]

Is there a way to make the user to choose the passwd. After adding the users using useradd command. This is possible if i add a new user thru admintool (cleared until first login option)but not thru useradd command.

 

[KenCunningham]

Sorry, I don't know. However, if you set a password and then use the passwd -f <user>, the user will be prompted to change the password on first logging in. Cheers.

 

[Butterfly123]

In the admintool, u can choose an option &quot;cleared untill first login&quot; for the password option.. THis will make the user to set his passwd from &quot;clear passwd&quot; to &quot;some passwd&quot; when he logs in for the first time..

Regds,

- Hemant
Networking and Systems Integration Group
Satyam Computer Services Ltd

 

[olded]

Hi:

At this link:

http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=1780/urm0111f/0111f.htm

you can freely download a &quot;C&quot; program for solaris called setpass which allows root to set a default password or set a password of root's choosing.

There are number of other options to setpass. One of them might help you.

Regards,

Ed

 

[gambit49]

Issue the command

passwd -f -d

username

after doing useradd. This will expire and delete the user's current password (even if there is none) and force him to enter a new password the next time he logs in. Note that

-d

only works for file repositories; e.g. /etc/passwd. HTH.

 

[gkd]

Hi,

Thanks all for the response. I tried the
passwd -f -d username

but it didn't work. I use Solaris 8. Does this cmd work with any of your boxes. i would like to do this way instead of having an additional tools.

I will try the setpass utility also.

Thanks

 

[packageman]

Check the man page for the shadow file - lots of stuff on pw aging.