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@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > 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@xxxxxxxxxxx>: >> > 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 >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > redhat-list mailing list >> > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >> > >> > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
