Hey!! The command with ' passwd -r files <username>' worked. As its a local user and There must have been problem in updating the nis master repository password update. For further reference read ' man passwd'.
Problem solved. How ever the context of it is as mentioned. Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005 -bash-3.00#who am i root pts/3 Jan 4 01:48 (129.158.227.141) -bash-3.00# passwd -d bigdb passwd: password information changed for bigdb -bash-3.00# passwd bigdb New Password: Re-enter new Password: Permission denied -bash-3.00# userdel bigdb -bash-3.00# useradd -o -u 30 -g dba -d /export/home1/bigdb/ bigdb UX: useradd: WARNING: uid 30 is reserved. -bash-3.00# passwd -d bigdb passwd: password information changed for bigdb -bash-3.00# passwd bigdb New Password: Re-enter new Password: Permission denied -bash-3.00# userdel bigdb -bash-3.00# useradd -o -u 30 -g dba -d /export/home1/bigdb -d /usr/bin/bash bigdb UX: useradd: WARNING: uid 30 is reserved. Later. -bash-3.00# passwd -r files bigdb New Password: Re-enter new Password: passwd: password successfully changed for bigdb Thanx and Regards Ramaraju This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
