AIX: how to change a password as root without setting the ADMCHG flag?

Question

I'd like to change the password of another user, as root, but don't want the user to be prompted to change their password when the log in. As far as I can tell, any mechanism to change the password as root set the ADMCHG flag in /etc/security/passwd

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '09 at 15:10

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man pwdadm
pwdadm -c

answered Jul 09 '09 at 15:10

Not Now

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score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 20 '12 at 01:14

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Use passwd to change the user's password: passwd $user
Use pwdadm command to cancel the password-change prompt: pwdadm -c $user

That's it! :)

edited Mar 20 '12 at 01:14

Brighid McDonnell

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answered Mar 19 '12 at 08:05

Vishal Ranjan

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 09 '09 at 12:27

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echo "user:n3w_p466w0rd" | /bin/chpasswd -c

answered Jul 09 '09 at 12:27

IOTAMAN

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 09 '09 at 13:02

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Do you need to do it in an automated way? If it's a one-off then change it to a temp password, then login as that user and change it to the desired password.

answered Jul 09 '09 at 13:02

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AIX: how to change a password as root without setting the ADMCHG flag?

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