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@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
