On solaris 10 and 11 root is being prompted when trying to. However, when i try to change the password, it allows me to enter the passwords for the user but then it tells me permission denied. Ssh as root on solaris 11 05 december 2011 i needed to quickly enable ssh as root to rsync a load of data. Configuring and using rbac oracle solaris 11 advanced. Administering passwords solaris naming administration guide. Content moved to cswpmpasswdunix libraries dependencies 0.
Configuring and using rbac before explaining and implementing the rbac feature, it is necessary to remember why rbac is necessary and, afterwards, to learn some fundamental concepts. The solaris file system permits three basic kinds of file accessthe ability to read r, to write w, and to execute x a file or directory. The available options, arguments, and operands for each command are. Solaris 11 express root password gotcha lildude solaris11expressrootpasswordgotcha 20101116t08. This section describes the commands and utilities available with this operating system, including commands found only in the sunosbsd compatibility package, commands for communicating with other systems, commands associated with the form and menu language interpreter fmli, and commands specific to the sunos system. Can you explain etcshadow file format used under linux or unixlike system. The passwd command solaris naming administration guide. Securing access to software owner oracle on oracle solaris in sap environments 5 2. Root user not able to change the user passwords using. Default permission for etcpasswd is 644 default permission for etcshadow is 400. After installing nappit i am no longer being able to setchange user passwords. File permissions of the etcshadow password file linux audit. The permission for the files are seem to be correct such as etcpasswd is 444 and etcshadow is 400 and entries in. You can read etcpasswd file using the while loop and ifs separator as follows.
Thanked 0 times in 0 posts problem while changing the password in solaris 10. You need to specify the repository where do you wanna change it, in case locally then. I have joined my solaris 10 u6 box to my win 2003 ad domain using the following process. When solaris 11 rolling upgrade is performed on a solaris cluster 4. Solaris 11 how to configure sudo solaris unix and linux. You can probably confirm if selinux is on by examining the kickstart file follow the instructions from here to boot into rescue mode. The passwd command performs various operations regarding passwords. Securing access to software owner oracle on oracle. The passwd command exits with one of the following values. According to our selection from oracle solaris 11 advanced administration cookbook book. Solaris 10 nfs mount acl permission denied problem. See chapter 11, administering passwords for general information on passwords. I cant able to change the passwd for root and normal users as root itself.
Also, i just tried to add a new user and i have my script set to prompt. If something has changed the passwd files when selinux was not active it can have the wrong labels and selinux will deny access to the file. I need to keep same previous password, as that is application user. Changing passwords solaris naming administration guide. Yes, i know there are far better ways to do it, and i know that enabling ssh for root is a bad idea, and lazy, and normally id agree, but i needed to do it. It would be fairly easy to take over the root account for example. Allowing passwd to read a password from stdin creates a huge security issue. I need to change password of a nonroot user on hpux.
The following sections provide instructions for windows and unix and unixlike. But in solaris 11 we will get the sudo packages as in built one. Perform the same edits in the etcsudoersfile as described previously for oracle solaris 11. On the solaris system i added the mount option vers3 to the etcvfstab entries and everything started working.
Due to some local policy, it is not allowing me to do so. Next i tried to view the permissions of the file with ls l etcpasswd. Passwd permission denied even for root on solaris it tool box. In solaris 9, i am making a script based installer which needs creating a user and configuring its profile. Hi friends, i am having some problem in changing the passwd for the users please help me in this issue. This passwd permission denied problem can be caused by a recommended solaris security patch that may have replaced your custom nis makefile with a standard issue solaris one that has pwdir. Oracle solaris 11 is distributed in several formats.
Though i am able to perform all configurations, i am unable to set the password for the newly created user. Find answers to passwd permission denied from the expert community at experts exchange. Otherwise it could disrupt file permissions and authorizations. I dont know if the acl incompatibility problem resides in linux or solaris, but i am very glad to now have a solution to the problem. You need to download and install the vnc client on the client terminal separately. See the permisions of etcshadow file ls l etcshadow the output is something like. The passwd command changes the password or lists password attributes associated with the users login name. Additionally, privileged users may use passwd to install or change passwords and attributes associated with any login name. The etcshadow file stores actual password in encrypted format more like the. It runs on windows, unix and linux operating system. The two files etcpasswd and etcshadow form the basis of storing local authentication information for linux users. Users and roles in oracle solaris 11 the urban penguin. Troubleshooting passwords securing users and processes in. If you have never assigned a root password for mysql, the server does not require a.
I was able to clear out the users passwd with the passwd d command. We can see from the above output that the default user shell will be bash and the users home directory will be located in exporthome is not specified at the time the user is created to create a new user we can use the command. At times your nis map files can become out of sync and need to be rebuilt. What is default permission of etcpasswd, etcshadow files. The permission on the etcpasswd file should be read only to users rwrr and the owner must be root. The passwd command exits with the following values. When logged in as root on the nis master, i try to change the password for the user, and get.
With the first build of solaris 11 express, the installer has been configured to do the following when the os is. This article focuses on the third format with the full desktop environment, although most of the concepts discussed in this. On solaris 10 and 11 root is being prompted when trying to change the password description on versions of qas between 4. These permissions can be granted exclusively or nonexclusively on individual files, or on a group of files specified by a wildcard. A common cause of a permission denied, password expired, type message is.
Would at least obfuscate the password by just putting the hash into the commandline. In this example, the administrator changes the password string for an oracle solarisdelivered system. When i tried resetting a local users password on a solaris host, i met the following error message. While it is fine that all users can read this file, they should not be able to change fields. Solaris cluster, permission denied error for non root. You should use the passwd command for all activities which used to be performed with the nispasswd command. In this article, we will understand about the sudo installation and configuration method in detail manner.
Hi, i have an issue after installing and configuring sudo, it worked in perfectly in several workstations but in one in particular the nonroot user i created cant execute sudo at all, the sudoers file seems to be correctly set up since this command usrlocalbinsudo l u malcomx returns every command the user is supposed to be able to execute with sudo, but even trying to execute sudo. Systems administrator, psychology department, columbia university, new york, ny 10027 202017. The mesg permission denied is shown when i attempt to change. The m option creates the users home directory immediately rather than on first log in.
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