But you could kill the server  and start it back up in the forground
     and be able to enter commands.

     I know... wouldn't like killing the server and not knowing what was
     going on!   Well, set up an admin id, GIVE IT NO AUTHORITY, and set an
     administrative schedule to (once a month) reset that id's password.
     YOU will always have at least a way to connect easily and view what is
     going on and it is a way to give general users a way to see what is
     going on with the server when they are using dsmc on their client box.

     Oh, and if you have a MVS adsm server... just go to the system console
     and >    f adsm,'upd admin me newpswd'

     There is always a way... but you have to be able to either get in an
     area that should be real secure (mvs) or be GOD mode (unix root and
     equiv on other platforms)

     later,
        DWight


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Subject: expired admin password
Author:  joelf at unix,mime/DD.RFC-822=joelf AT CAC.WASHINGTON DOT EDU
Date:    9/16/98 8:13 PM


AIX 4.2.1  ADSM Server 3.1.0.3 using shared memory.

When an administrator's password expires, they are prevented from logging in
without being given a chance to enter either an old or new password.  My
concern is that if all the passwords should expire, we couldn't start an
admin session.

Is this by design or is this a bug that is associated with shared memory?

A sample of the problem:

$ dsmadmc
ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager
Command Line Administrative Interface - Version 3, Release 1, Level 0.3
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1990, 1997, All Rights Reserved.

Enter your user id:  itiseye

ANS1474E An error occured using the Shared Memory protocol
ANS8023E Unable to establish session with server.

ANS8002I Highest return code was -451.