[SunHELP] Locked Accounts

[Vikas Gandhi]

Done it but still no help

-----Original Message-----
From: Dieter Montanez [mailto:dieter at plantcomputers.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:05 PM
To: The SunHELP List
Subject: Re: [SunHELP] Locked Accounts


how about running "pwconv" to update the /etc/shadow  ....

Vikas Gandhi wrote:

>Hi All
>  I face a peculiar problem. When I am creating new accounts using command
>prompts(useradd), I have *LK* in the shadow (given below)
>temp5:*LK*:12424::::::
>
>Now when I do 
>bash-2.03# passwd temp5 
>New Password: 
>Permission denied
>
>How can I change my passwd thru passwd command.
>FYI: I do not want to manually edit /etc/shadow under any circumstances.
>
>Regards
>Vikas
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