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Password Reset on AIX machine trouble



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Im trying to reset a user password locally using the root account. The user is adam. Everything looks ok when I type in passwd adam using the root account. It prompts me to enter new password, enter the new password again.



Afterwards, When I putty in to the server and login in as adam using the new password, I get access denied. How do I resolve this issue?










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  • Can you show us the user's /etc/passwd file entry?

    – Julie Pelletier
    Aug 29 '16 at 19:31











  • adam:!:214:1031:Adam:/home/adam:/usr/bin/ksh @JuliePelletier

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  • Logon & rlogin set to true ?

    – Jeff Schaller
    Aug 29 '16 at 23:42






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    Account locked by virtue of unsuccessful login counts?

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Im trying to reset a user password locally using the root account. The user is adam. Everything looks ok when I type in passwd adam using the root account. It prompts me to enter new password, enter the new password again.



Afterwards, When I putty in to the server and login in as adam using the new password, I get access denied. How do I resolve this issue?










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  • Can you show us the user's /etc/passwd file entry?

    – Julie Pelletier
    Aug 29 '16 at 19:31











  • adam:!:214:1031:Adam:/home/adam:/usr/bin/ksh @JuliePelletier

    – unixHELP
    Aug 29 '16 at 19:38












  • Logon & rlogin set to true ?

    – Jeff Schaller
    Aug 29 '16 at 23:42






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    Account locked by virtue of unsuccessful login counts?

    – Jeff Schaller
    Aug 30 '16 at 0:23













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Im trying to reset a user password locally using the root account. The user is adam. Everything looks ok when I type in passwd adam using the root account. It prompts me to enter new password, enter the new password again.



Afterwards, When I putty in to the server and login in as adam using the new password, I get access denied. How do I resolve this issue?










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Im trying to reset a user password locally using the root account. The user is adam. Everything looks ok when I type in passwd adam using the root account. It prompts me to enter new password, enter the new password again.



Afterwards, When I putty in to the server and login in as adam using the new password, I get access denied. How do I resolve this issue?







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  • Can you show us the user's /etc/passwd file entry?

    – Julie Pelletier
    Aug 29 '16 at 19:31











  • adam:!:214:1031:Adam:/home/adam:/usr/bin/ksh @JuliePelletier

    – unixHELP
    Aug 29 '16 at 19:38












  • Logon & rlogin set to true ?

    – Jeff Schaller
    Aug 29 '16 at 23:42






  • 1





    Account locked by virtue of unsuccessful login counts?

    – Jeff Schaller
    Aug 30 '16 at 0:23

















  • Can you show us the user's /etc/passwd file entry?

    – Julie Pelletier
    Aug 29 '16 at 19:31











  • adam:!:214:1031:Adam:/home/adam:/usr/bin/ksh @JuliePelletier

    – unixHELP
    Aug 29 '16 at 19:38












  • Logon & rlogin set to true ?

    – Jeff Schaller
    Aug 29 '16 at 23:42






  • 1





    Account locked by virtue of unsuccessful login counts?

    – Jeff Schaller
    Aug 30 '16 at 0:23
















Can you show us the user's /etc/passwd file entry?

– Julie Pelletier
Aug 29 '16 at 19:31





Can you show us the user's /etc/passwd file entry?

– Julie Pelletier
Aug 29 '16 at 19:31













adam:!:214:1031:Adam:/home/adam:/usr/bin/ksh @JuliePelletier

– unixHELP
Aug 29 '16 at 19:38






adam:!:214:1031:Adam:/home/adam:/usr/bin/ksh @JuliePelletier

– unixHELP
Aug 29 '16 at 19:38














Logon & rlogin set to true ?

– Jeff Schaller
Aug 29 '16 at 23:42





Logon & rlogin set to true ?

– Jeff Schaller
Aug 29 '16 at 23:42




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Account locked by virtue of unsuccessful login counts?

– Jeff Schaller
Aug 30 '16 at 0:23





Account locked by virtue of unsuccessful login counts?

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The right fix for this situation is to reset the unsuccessful login counts for the user, not to disable a security feature.



Run:



chuser unsuccessful_login_count=0 adam


to clear the unsuccessful login counts for adam, and:



chuser account_locked=false adam


if needed (see if the account is locked with: lsuser -a account_locked adam).






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    Solved the issue. Add loginretries = 0 to /etc/security/users file






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    The right fix for this situation is to reset the unsuccessful login counts for the user, not to disable a security feature.



    Run:



    chuser unsuccessful_login_count=0 adam


    to clear the unsuccessful login counts for adam, and:



    chuser account_locked=false adam


    if needed (see if the account is locked with: lsuser -a account_locked adam).






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      The right fix for this situation is to reset the unsuccessful login counts for the user, not to disable a security feature.



      Run:



      chuser unsuccessful_login_count=0 adam


      to clear the unsuccessful login counts for adam, and:



      chuser account_locked=false adam


      if needed (see if the account is locked with: lsuser -a account_locked adam).






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        The right fix for this situation is to reset the unsuccessful login counts for the user, not to disable a security feature.



        Run:



        chuser unsuccessful_login_count=0 adam


        to clear the unsuccessful login counts for adam, and:



        chuser account_locked=false adam


        if needed (see if the account is locked with: lsuser -a account_locked adam).






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        The right fix for this situation is to reset the unsuccessful login counts for the user, not to disable a security feature.



        Run:



        chuser unsuccessful_login_count=0 adam


        to clear the unsuccessful login counts for adam, and:



        chuser account_locked=false adam


        if needed (see if the account is locked with: lsuser -a account_locked adam).







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