Update Linux System Account Password After Expiration

Owned by Danica Esteban
Last updated: Sept 01, 2021
3 min read

Pre-requisite: Put the Linux System in Maintenance Mode

Before updating the system account password in a Linux system, it is important to put it in Maintenance Mode.

1.) Navigate to the Linux System where the system account password change is to be performed.

Linux Systems in IT-Conductor
Figure 1: Sample Linux Systems Registered in IT-Conductor™

 

2.) Click on the Tux icon to the left of the system hostname/IP.

Tux Icon in IT-Conductor
Figure 2: Sample Tux Icons for Linux Systems Registered in IT-Conductor™

 

Tux is the name of the penguin character that was created to officially become the Linux kernel brand.

 

3.) Click on the ‘Maintenance On’ option, to put the Linux system in Maintenance Mode.

 

Important: If the Linux system is not in Maintenance Mode, the gateway will continuously attempt to log in using the old password. This will lock the system account before the new password is passed on to the gateway. As a best practice, always ensure the maintenance mode has taken effect prior to changing the password.

How to Update Linux System Account Password After Expiration

The following steps are required to successfully update the Linux system account password after the password has expired.

1.) Click on the hostname or IP address to further expand the GUI display of the Linux system and click on the ‘Accounts’ settings.

 

2.) You will be redirected to the window as shown below. Click on the Account Name that you want to update.

 

 

3.) You will be further redirected to the window as shown below. Click on the SSH tab and update your password accordingly.

 

4.) After the new password has been saved, revert the Linux system out of maintenance mode by following the same process as described above.

 

  • Putting the Linux system in Maintenance Mode is the best way to update a system account password that has expired because it always clears the specific app cache. Whereas, a gateway rehash clears everything (i.e. all applications and all class/object caches)

  • The customer can only perform the maintenance mode method. However, should there still be an issue, ITC Support will need to perform the gateway rehash to do a force for all.

 

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