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find when samba smbpasswd was last updated?
like with passwd -S <user> showing the last time the linux login password was updated via passwd... is there a way in samba as root to show when the last time a valid samba user listed via ...
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Linux passwd / no password
Disabled password on login with command sudo passwd -l user How do I retrieve the password?
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How to debug chpasswd "Authentication token manipulation error"
I'm trying to programmatically change a user's password using chpasswd, but I'm getting the following error: /sbin/chpasswd <<< "0s22xmgW:<new_password>" chpasswd: (user ...
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How do I use static UIDs and GIDs for services in my yocto build?
I have a piece of equipment running a yocto build. This build includes services like ssh-server, mysql, and ntp, with each run as their own users. mysql is UID 999, sshd is UID 998, etc. In my ...
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How to test password PAM options without changing password
I notice there are settings in /etc/pam.d/common-password to define minimum password strength. For example: ... password requisite pam_pwquality.so retry=3 maxrepeat=0 minlen=19 ucredit=-1 ...
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does /etc/passwd primary group mean you are in that group?
This is in RHEL-8.10 for what it's worth... in /etc/passwd I have ron:x:20000:100:me:/home/ron:/bin/bash so my uid is 20000, and my gid is 100 which as defined by convention in /etc/group is the ...
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What is the meaning of having a username as the last field of an `/etc/passwd` entry?
In Google Compute Engine VM in /etc/passwd file i see an entry like this one: root:x:0:0:root:/root:my_logged_in_username_here. What could that mean? The last field is for user command interpreter as ...
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Setting user passwords via kernel parameter
What is the correct syntax to use these bits of information from systemd manual: systemd-sysusers(8) will look for the credentials passwd.hashed-password., passwd.plaintext-password. and passwd.shell....
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