AIX: how to change a password as root without setting the ADMCHG flag?
Solution 1
man pwdadm
pwdadm -c
Solution 2
Use
passwdto change the user's password:passwd $userUse
pwdadmcommand to cancel the password-change prompt:pwdadm -c $user
That's it! :)
Solution 3
echo "user:n3w_p466w0rd" | /bin/chpasswd -c
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Updated on September 17, 2022Comments
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Ryan Emerle almost 2 years
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
ADMCHGflag in/etc/security/passwd