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Managing Users and Groups in Linux

A list of command-line utilities that can be used to manage users and groups on a Linux operating system.

Adding a SAMBA user

This is a short how-to post to provide simple steps to add users to a SAMBA environment.

Recovering from a lost password on the T3

A simple procedure which shows how to identify a Sun StorEdge T3 / T3+ Arrays existing password if it has been forgotten.

How to reset MySQL root password

Have you forgotten MariaDB root password? You don't know how to recover it. Not to worry, use these steps to reset MariaDB root password.

How to reset MariaDB root password

Have you forgotten MariaDB root password? You don't know how to recover it. Not to worry, use these steps to reset MariaDB root password.

Resetting Oracle VM 3.x Agent Password

To facilitate the initial discovery of the Hypervisor part of the setup requires that we set the password for the root user and for the ovs-agent.

Enforcing password complexity on Solaris

Solaris 10 is the first version of Solaris to provide a complex set of variables for controlling password strength.

How to allow root login on Solaris 11

After your installation of Solaris 11 has completed, you will not be able to login directly to the console as the root user

Solaris 11 enable_passwd_compat

how to set enable_passwd_compat for LDAP under solaris 11

Clearing Password History in Solaris 10

To ensure the security of passwords on Solaris systems, you need to edit the /etc/default/passwd file to enforce password length and complexity.

Recovering from a lost root password under Linux

This article provides a quick procedure on how to recover a lost root password frm virtually any version of Linux which uses the GRUB boot loader.

Changing Avamar Passwords

Changing only the passwords for the operating system users does not sufficiently prevent someone from logging in to Avamar server nodes.

Changing the Oracle VM Manager User Password

The Oracle VM Manager user lets you log in to the Oracle VM Manager Web UI. This article provides the steps required to change the admin password.

Resetting default username and password for NMC

The following procedures given details on resetting the NMC Administrator password to the default value on Solaris, Linux and Windows systems.

Avamar System default passwords

This article provides a list of default passwords for an Avamar grid. If you have not already, consider changing the defaults for security reasons.

first login password change in WEBMIN fails

When creating webmin users and setting the flag change password after first login, 80% of the systems are successful

How to unexpire a user login in Solaris

Using the usermod command on Solaris allows a sysadmin to unexpier/unlock a users login account