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  • 1.  AIX 6.1 EFS keystore/login password syncronization

    Posted 12/30/08 03:18 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    I’ve been testing the EFS feature of AIX 6.1. I’ve built an EFS filesystem, enabled inheritance creates a few files and everything seemed to work fine. I can’t however seem to keep the EFS keystore password and the AIX login password in sync. The passwd command reference in infocenter says that the passwd command will change the EFS keystore password if the old password can open the keystore.

    Section 2.5.6 of the “AIX V6 Advanced Security Features: Introduction and Configuration” Redbook seem to contradict this stating that the password command only changes the login password and not the keystore password.

    Am I missing something, or do the two documents say different things? I have not been able to make the two passwords sync unless I run a passwd command followed by efskeymgr –n.
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  • 2.  Re: AIX 6.1 EFS keystore/login password syncronization

    Posted 01/06/09 08:32 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    I've discovered that if you set the ADMCHG flag and you are prompted to change your password when you log in both the AIX passwd and keystore password get updated.

    The passwd command from the command line does not seem to work as documented though.
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