Hi,

How do I add a warning before changing the password for the root user?

I have been trying to find a solution to this problem for a long time, but nothing comes to mind.
Adding a warning to /etc/motd does not solve the problem.

That is, we type:

passwd root

the message appears
"This operation can cause major issues..."

Help me 

Hi,

How do I add a warning before changing the password for the root user?

I have been trying to find a solution to this problem for a long time, but nothing comes to mind.
Adding a warning to /etc/motd does not solve the problem.

That is, we type:

passwd root

the message appears
"This operation can cause major issues..."

Help me 

Hi,

How do I add a warning before changing the password for the root user?

I have been trying to find a solution to this problem for a long time, but nothing comes to mind.
Adding a warning to /etc/motd does not solve the problem.

That is, we type:

passwd root

the message appears
"This operation can cause major issues..."

Help me 

You can add a wrapper script as below and name it passwd and keep it in a directory that is in first search order in PATH variable.

====================================================================

if [ ${1} == "root" ];then
  echo "This operation can cause major issues..."
  echo "Press Enter to continue changing ${1} password"
  read hold
  passwd ${1}
else
  passwd ${1}
fi

=============================================================================

This will give you the expected results I believe.

------------------------------
Fazel Vayalilagathu

Original Message:
Sent: Wed June 21, 2023 11:40 AM
From: Marcin Marciszewicz
Subject: Displays password change warning for root user

Hi,

How do I add a warning before changing the password for the root user?

I have been trying to find a solution to this problem for a long time, but nothing comes to mind.
Adding a warning to /etc/motd does not solve the problem.

That is, we type:

passwd root

the message appears
"This operation can cause major issues..."

Help me 

Hi,

I will try to check this solution next week

Thanks a lot

You can add a wrapper script as below and name it passwd and keep it in a directory that is in first search order in PATH variable.

====================================================================

if [ ${1} == "root" ];then
  echo "This operation can cause major issues..."
  echo "Press Enter to continue changing ${1} password"
  read hold
  passwd ${1}
else
  passwd ${1}
fi

=============================================================================

This will give you the expected results I believe.

------------------------------
Fazel Vayalilagathu

Original Message:
Sent: Wed June 21, 2023 11:40 AM
From: Marcin Marciszewicz
Subject: Displays password change warning for root user

Hi,

How do I add a warning before changing the password for the root user?

I have been trying to find a solution to this problem for a long time, but nothing comes to mind.
Adding a warning to /etc/motd does not solve the problem.

That is, we type:

passwd root

the message appears
"This operation can cause major issues..."

Help me 

Hi Marcin,

You could define a function that calls the actual password command.

Regards,

Henrik Morsing

Hi,

I will try to check this solution next week

Thanks a lot

You can add a wrapper script as below and name it passwd and keep it in a directory that is in first search order in PATH variable.

====================================================================

if [ ${1} == "root" ];then
  echo "This operation can cause major issues..."
  echo "Press Enter to continue changing ${1} password"
  read hold
  passwd ${1}
else
  passwd ${1}
fi

=============================================================================

This will give you the expected results I believe.

------------------------------
Fazel Vayalilagathu

Original Message:
Sent: Wed June 21, 2023 11:40 AM
From: Marcin Marciszewicz
Subject: Displays password change warning for root user

Hi,

How do I add a warning before changing the password for the root user?

I have been trying to find a solution to this problem for a long time, but nothing comes to mind.
Adding a warning to /etc/motd does not solve the problem.

That is, we type:

passwd root

the message appears
"This operation can cause major issues..."

Help me 

Hello,

In general, I created the script thanks to your help :)

I have implemented the command passwd and passwd $USER, then check whether the user belongs to the correct group and whether the logged in user is root.

I added to the .profile of the root user the path to the script

I assigned run permissions and everything works as I expected. 

Is there any way to optimize it better?

Thank you all for the tips.

Hi Marcin,

You could define a function that calls the actual password command.

Regards,

Henrik Morsing

Hi,

I will try to check this solution next week

Thanks a lot

You can add a wrapper script as below and name it passwd and keep it in a directory that is in first search order in PATH variable.

====================================================================

if [ ${1} == "root" ];then
  echo "This operation can cause major issues..."
  echo "Press Enter to continue changing ${1} password"
  read hold
  passwd ${1}
else
  passwd ${1}
fi

=============================================================================

This will give you the expected results I believe.

------------------------------
Fazel Vayalilagathu

Original Message:
Sent: Wed June 21, 2023 11:40 AM
From: Marcin Marciszewicz
Subject: Displays password change warning for root user

Hi,

How do I add a warning before changing the password for the root user?

I have been trying to find a solution to this problem for a long time, but nothing comes to mind.
Adding a warning to /etc/motd does not solve the problem.

That is, we type:

passwd root

the message appears
"This operation can cause major issues..."

Help me 

Hello,

In general, I created the script thanks to your help :)

I have implemented the command passwd and passwd $USER, then check whether the user belongs to the correct group and whether the logged in user is root.

I added to the .profile of the root user the path to the script

I assigned run permissions and everything works as I expected. 

Is there any way to optimize it better?

Thank you all for the tips.

Hi Marcin,

You could define a function that calls the actual password command.

Regards,

Henrik Morsing

Hi,

I will try to check this solution next week

Thanks a lot

You can add a wrapper script as below and name it passwd and keep it in a directory that is in first search order in PATH variable.

====================================================================

if [ ${1} == "root" ];then
  echo "This operation can cause major issues..."
  echo "Press Enter to continue changing ${1} password"
  read hold
  passwd ${1}
else
  passwd ${1}
fi

=============================================================================

This will give you the expected results I believe.

------------------------------
Fazel Vayalilagathu

Original Message:
Sent: Wed June 21, 2023 11:40 AM
From: Marcin Marciszewicz
Subject: Displays password change warning for root user

Hi,

How do I add a warning before changing the password for the root user?

I have been trying to find a solution to this problem for a long time, but nothing comes to mind.
Adding a warning to /etc/motd does not solve the problem.

That is, we type:

passwd root

the message appears
"This operation can cause major issues..."

Help me 

 Hi, I'm trying to use your script but has an error about syntax: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 5 : `then' is not expected.

Can you help me about it. Thank you 

Hello,

In general, I created the script thanks to your help :)

I have implemented the command passwd and passwd $USER, then check whether the user belongs to the correct group and whether the logged in user is root.

I added to the .profile of the root user the path to the script

I assigned run permissions and everything works as I expected. 

Is there any way to optimize it better?

Thank you all for the tips.

Hi Marcin,

You could define a function that calls the actual password command.

Regards,

Henrik Morsing

Hi,

I will try to check this solution next week

Thanks a lot

You can add a wrapper script as below and name it passwd and keep it in a directory that is in first search order in PATH variable.

====================================================================

if [ ${1} == "root" ];then
  echo "This operation can cause major issues..."
  echo "Press Enter to continue changing ${1} password"
  read hold
  passwd ${1}
else
  passwd ${1}
fi

=============================================================================

This will give you the expected results I believe.

------------------------------
Fazel Vayalilagathu

Original Message:
Sent: Wed June 21, 2023 11:40 AM
From: Marcin Marciszewicz
Subject: Displays password change warning for root user

Hi,

How do I add a warning before changing the password for the root user?

I have been trying to find a solution to this problem for a long time, but nothing comes to mind.
Adding a warning to /etc/motd does not solve the problem.

That is, we type:

passwd root

the message appears
"This operation can cause major issues..."

Help me 

Try this, I removed the brackets [ ], and added spaces behind when comparing:

#!/bin/ksh
USER="`/usr/bin/whoami | awk '{print $1}'`"
SGROUP="`id -gn ${USER}`"

if [[ ${1} == "" ]];then
    if [ $SGROUP == "system" ] && [ $USER == "root" ];then
    echo "#####################################################################
#                                                                   #
#              This operation can cause serious problems.           #
#      Changing the root password may result in a problem with the  #
#                   operation of the client application             #
#                                                                   #
#####################################################################
        1.Press Enter to continue changing `whoami` password"
    read hold
    /usr/bin/passwd
    fi
elif [[ ${1} == "root" ]];then
    if [ $SGROUP == "system" ] && [ $USER == "root" ];then
    echo "#####################################################################
#                                                                   #
#              This operation can cause serious problems.           #
#      Changing the root password may result in a problem with the  #
#                   operation of the client application             #
#                                                                   #
#####################################################################
        2.Press Enter to continue changing `whoami` password"
    read hold
    /usr/bin/passwd ${1}
    fi
fi

 Hi, I'm trying to use your script but has an error about syntax: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 5 : `then' is not expected.

Can you help me about it. Thank you 

Hello,

In general, I created the script thanks to your help :)

I have implemented the command passwd and passwd $USER, then check whether the user belongs to the correct group and whether the logged in user is root.

I added to the .profile of the root user the path to the script

I assigned run permissions and everything works as I expected. 

Is there any way to optimize it better?

Thank you all for the tips.

Hi Marcin,

You could define a function that calls the actual password command.

Regards,

Henrik Morsing

Hi,

I will try to check this solution next week

Thanks a lot

You can add a wrapper script as below and name it passwd and keep it in a directory that is in first search order in PATH variable.

====================================================================

if [ ${1} == "root" ];then
  echo "This operation can cause major issues..."
  echo "Press Enter to continue changing ${1} password"
  read hold
  passwd ${1}
else
  passwd ${1}
fi

=============================================================================

This will give you the expected results I believe.

------------------------------
Fazel Vayalilagathu

Original Message:
Sent: Wed June 21, 2023 11:40 AM
From: Marcin Marciszewicz
Subject: Displays password change warning for root user

Hi,

How do I add a warning before changing the password for the root user?

I have been trying to find a solution to this problem for a long time, but nothing comes to mind.
Adding a warning to /etc/motd does not solve the problem.

That is, we type:

passwd root

the message appears
"This operation can cause major issues..."

Help me 

Hi,

How do I add a warning before changing the password for the root user?

I have been trying to find a solution to this problem for a long time, but nothing comes to mind.
Adding a warning to /etc/motd does not solve the problem.

That is, we type:

passwd root

the message appears
"This operation can cause major issues..."

Help me