User password problem on a password policy applied box

[Tom Curl]

Ah, still not a problem. You can logon as Single User and reset the root
password.

You can google on how to do this.  Try "Linux Single User Mode" or
something like that.

Briefly, you need to restart the server. When it first starts to boot,
press a key, "space" is good. That will interrupt the boot process and
give you a choice of what you want to do.

You can then edit the boot line; press "E". Add " Single" to the end of
the line, and hit "b" for boot. Now the server will boot up in Single
User Mode.

You can just type "passwd" at the prompt, and enter a new password for
the root user.



  
On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 10:54 +0200, a bv wrote:
> 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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