If user enters wrong password more than 3 times sysytem gets Locked.

ymr_raghu · 07-21-2008, 02:17 AM

How to unlock the user Password.

linuxlover.chaitanya · 07-21-2008, 02:35 AM

What distro are you using?
Still if you need to remove the user password,
You need to log in using root
then passwd <username>
just press twice

The user will have no password.

FranDango · 07-21-2008, 07:21 PM

This depends on the system settings. You either have to wait for some amount of time before trying again, or you have to reboot the system.

Usually you would call the system administrator - unless your the system administrator, in that case it's a silly situation.

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ymr_raghu · 07-22-2008, 06:42 AM

Thank you for your suggestion.

ymr_raghu · 07-22-2008, 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxlover.chaitanya

What distro are you using?
Still if you need to remove the user password,
You need to log in using root
then passwd <username>
just press twice

The user will have no password.

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XavierP · 07-22-2008, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ymr_raghu

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trickykid · 07-22-2008, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ymr_raghu

How to unlock the user Password.

You don't have to reset the password as mentioned or reboot. I'd be damned if I get locked out of a production system and it requires a reboot in order to get back in, that would be the dumbest design ever. Same with resetting of the password. You just need to reset the user with the faillog command.

faillog -r <username>

That will reset the fail attempts and the user can resume logging in.

man faillog for more details.

ymr_raghu · 07-23-2008, 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ymr_raghu

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Thank you sir.

filex · 09-03-2008, 11:54 AM

It should be "faillog -u username -r" and NOT "faillog -r username" OR "faillog -r -u username"

Please refer to http://www.planetmy.com/blog/faillog...f-single-user/

filex · 09-03-2008, 12:01 PM

It should be "faillog -u username -r" and NOT "faillog -r username" OR "faillog -r -u username"

Please refer to http://www.planetmy.com/blog/faillog...f-single-user/