AIX password reset problem

AIX password reset problem

Hello,

Password reset for AIX servers, like for Linux and other UNIX flavours, is performed effectively from root account (either via 'su root' or 'sudo'). The difference in AIX is that setting password this way sets ADMCHG flag as well. This flag forces user to change password again during first login, which makes it not in sync with PMP. Obviously, trying to sync enables ADMCHG flag again so eventually we run in circles.

From command line, this is easily solved by executing 'pwdadm -c $USER' after 'passwd' command (this however clears all flags, not only ADMCHG). Could you implement some logic (additional command run in AIX environment after executing 'passwd $USER' I guess) so password reset works as expected ?

Best regards
Michal


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