SAL: Set Passwords To Never Expire


Doc ID    SOLN328087
Version:    7.0
Status:    Published
Published date:    13 May 2021
Created Date:    31 Jul 2018
Author:   
Mark Hunter
 

Details

How to set any account password to never expire in the SAL Gateway.

Problem Clarification

Set the SAL Gateway passwords to never expire.

Cause

password expired

Solution

  1. Login to the command line of the SAL server with admin then su - root to gain root access
  2. Use the command chage -l username (replacing username with the account you want to view) if you want to view the current password expiration settings
  3. Change the password to never expire using the command chage -m 0 -M 99999 username (replacing username with the account you want to change)
  4. Rerun the chage -l username command to confirm the change

This will work for any user account that you want to change, i.e., admin, root, etc.

 

Additional Relevant Phrases

We are getting authentication errors password expired on sal due to policy aging the password change of the admin and root users web page would not reveal if the sal passwords expire, need to login in cli

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