User password problem on a password policy applied box

[a bv]

Sorry i know that thing but i dont know the root password if i had it
i would use it from the beginning.
Regards

2009/12/26 Tom Curl <tcurl at enertex.com>:
> If you know the root password, you can logon from a terminal screen.
> Just do CNTL + ALT + F2. You will get a terminal screen. Logon by
> entering root + ENTER. You will be asked for the root password. After
> you after you have logged type passwd and the username to change to user
> password.
>
>
>  on On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 17:09 +0200, a bv wrote:
>> The user was able to logon  for along time but cant know. situation can be:
>>
>> -The user doesnt know/remember the current password
>> -The user maybe locked  for passwpord attempts? dont know yet how the
>> pam is configured
>>
>> etc.
>> 2009/12/25 Tom Curl <tcurl at enertex.com>:
>> > I have not seen the situation you are describing. Let me be sure I
>> > understand:
>> >
>> > You have a user - user1
>> > User1 has a password - UserOne$
>> >
>> > You have added user1 to the wheel group.
>> >
>> > Now, when user1 tries to logon via the GUI, and enters the password
>> > UserOne$ the logon is disallowed?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 15:43 +0200, a bv wrote:
>> >> thats what we have done. a user which is a member of wheel group now
>> >> can not login cause of the password. what ill try to do is make this
>> >> user able to login.
>> >>
>> >> regards
>> >>
>> >> 2009/12/25 Tom Curl <tcurl at enertex.com>:
>> >> > What you want to do is disable a security feature that prevents users
>> >> > from logging in as root using a GUI screen. You would be better advised
>> >> > to educate your users to log in using a non-privileged user name and
>> >> > then use a terminal window for performing root commands. Or you could
>> >> > add the user who needs these privileges to the "wheel" group or enable
>> >> > their privileges using "visudo".
>> >> >
>> >> > You can google on these terms or use the man function if you need
>> >> > assistance.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Fri, 2009-12-25 at 10:35 +0200, a bv wrote:
>> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >> On a Redhat 4x or 5x box which password policy applied  a user with
>> >> >> sudo permissions cant login cause of the  password not accepted. The
>> >> >> root pasword is  not reachable and the box is a production machine
>> >> >> which is serving services and cant be rebooted easily. Cause the
>> >> >> password policy makes the user change its policy, the user thinks if
>> >> >> he have fogotten or not the recent password. But trying the similar
>> >> >> passwords didnt worked, and he thinks if his user account is locked
>> >> >> for a long time. So how can this issue can be fixed?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Regards
>> >> >>
>> >> >
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