Sorry i know that thing but i dont know the root password if i had it i would use it from the beginning. Regards 2009/12/26 Tom Curl <tcurl@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > 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 > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
