root pass never expire

[Kems]

Hi,

The root password expires on my Solaris 8 server and i donét whant it. I try to empty values on /etc/shadow but
after reboot, they are still there.

I've read the man pages of passwd and shadow (maybe too
fast) but i didn't read anything about that (Is there is a vipw / master.passwd on solaris?)

If you have time to answer me

Kems
(Really)Noob Solaris Admin.

 

[bi]

Have you tried using admintool and clearing the Min Change and Max Change fields? Are you using NIS or NIS+?

 

[tikual]

Did you try as follows?

Edit the /etc/shadow like this
vi /etc/shadow
root:S@#F!T!@$:12331::98:30:::
change to
root:S@#F!T!@$:12331::::::

That means the root account only has the last change field in the record. No expiry date checking.


tikual

 

[SamBones]

Try this...

    passwd -x -1 root

Logged on as root of course. That should do it.

Hope this helps.

 

[Kems]

I don't think i'm using Nis, but how to be sure (the server
has no ethernet connection).

I've ever edit the /etc/shadow to empty values without result, i mean after reboot, values are still there.

Thanks for help.
Kems

 

[Kems]

'passwd -x -1 root' was the solutions. Thanks a lot.

Kems, Noob On Solaris