Hi Esfandiar,

you have to stop the internal WWW-server, than you are able to change
the passord.
The NetView www-server allocates some files at /etc/security.



Esfandiar Tabari wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> we have NetView5.1 on AIX3.2
> I can not add a user or change password of user, after starting NetView:
>
> bash-2.01# passwd a068
> Changing password for "a068"
> a068's New password:
> Re-enter a068's new password:
> An error occured updating the password database.
>
> and the same error for adding user ( An error occured updating the user
> database )
>
> to add User and change Password is only after restarting AIX ( and bevor
> starting NetView) possible.
>
> thanks for help
>
> Esfandiar Tabari
> Hugo Boss Network Operations Center
> Tel.: +49 7123 94 2581
> Fax: +49 7123 94 82581             e-mail: esfandiar_tabari AT hugoboss DOT 
> com

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