password ageing, what happens if password is expired

From: Eric Voisard (evoisard_at_atisuher.ch)
Date: 03/31/04

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    Dear All,

    I've been away from a Sun system for a while, and now that I'm back I've no
    more root access to it...

    We gave the root password to people there and it's possible they changed
    it, I still don't know. But as I know the password was close to expire, I'm
    wondering what does occur on a Solaris system, when a password expires but
    nobody is there to change it in time. Does the account be blocked, or does
    the system simply ask for changing it as soon as the user logs in again?

    In the event of the root password having been blocked, how to get it back?
    By logging in from the serial console? (I had to time for checking this in
    situ now)

    And how to get rid of the password ageing feature. From what I've read,
    putting:

    MAXWEEKS=
    MINWEEKS=

    (without any value) in /etc/default/passwd was enough. Is it true or does
    something else have to be done?...

    Please, I need your support. Because of my short experience on Sun systems,
    I've no clue on the password ageing behaviour...

    Thanks, Eric
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