For some unknown reason, I am not able to change user passwords using the
passwd command in solaris. So I installed Solaris again on my machine. The
passwd utility was working fine till last week and it now refuses to change user passwords now,
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# useradd -d /export/home/test2 -s /bin/bash -m test2
# passwd test2
New Password:
Re-enter new Password:
Permission denied
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{color}{color:#000000}I am having the same trouble on two of my Solaris machines (one x86 and other Sparc). Like an underpaid worker, the
passwd command refuses to work after a few days of install.
As a workaround, I am able to use SMC to change user passwords, however SMC forces me to use a strong password with special chars et al. I don't want to do this.
Any help?
Configuration
Solaris 10 U5 on Sparc processor.
Solaris 10 U5 on x86 processor
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