Re: password againg Open Unix 8

From: Ron Kirschner (ron_at_jedron.com)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:09:08 -0500

THAT WAS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM - SOMEHOW THE SYSTEM DATE WAS SET BACK 4 YEARS

"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in message
news:jrcsh01qtu55ojrekat2g67r74h6ehikoo@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 07:57:26 -0400, "Ron Kirschner" <ron@jedron.com>
> wrote:
>
> >A customer of mine running Open Unix 8 for 2 years has run into a problem
> >where all passwords have expired and the system refuses to accept any new
> >passwords. I logged on as root and ran into the same problem. I now
have a
> >message that the software is unlicensed and I need to go to single user
> >mode, and my root password is still not accepted. It's Saturday AM and 4
> >Goodyear tire stores are now shut down because of this. I am waiting for
> >someone to get to the data center and reboot to single user, but while
> >waiting am hopeful someone can tell me what might be going on!
>
> I'm not familiar with Open Unix 8, but you can produce exactly the
> same effect by rolling the clock back to a date before the system was
> installed. The Gradient license manager goes insane and declares the
> system to be unlicensed. Similarly, the password expire feature fails
> to appreciate negative days since last password change. Check the
> date and time.
>
>
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> Jeff Liebermann jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
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