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Titre
Unable to reset a AIX user account when they have no password set -
Description
On the AIX platform, when attempting to reset the password on a managed account, the below errors are shown. The user account exists on the target system."Reset Password" logs[DD/YY/YYYY HH:MM:SS] Host unreachable or invalid account name[DD/YY/YYYY HH:MM:SS] An error occurred changing the password for accountname on systemname"Check Password" logs[DD/YY/YYYY HH:MM:SS] Host unreachable or invalid account name[DD/YY/YYYY HH:MM:SS] Unable to connect to AIX_7_1, or the account accountname does not exist or is disabled. -
Cause
This can occur when the managed account on the target system does not have a password set, so does not exist in /etc/security/passwd. -
Résolution
WORKAROUND
Use passwd to manually set a password on the managed account. "Reset Password" can then be performed within TPAM. "Check Password" is expected to fail until a password has been set.
STATUS
Issue fixed in version 2.5.916. -
Demande de changement
BFER 8356