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Sol 10 Shows Account Locked When We Try Any Sudo Command (Doc ID 2878625.1)

Last updated on JULY 20, 2022

Applies to:

Solaris Operating System - Version 10 to 10 11/06 U3 [Release 10.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms


The first a connection is made via ssh it works fine.

Subsequent connection attempts fail as follows:

/export/home/admin_gdjjocor [admin_gdjjocor] 11:44:14
[PROD] $ sudo su -
sudo: account validation failure, is your account locked?


Changes

Customer using 3rd party SUDO packages in all domains, only one of which fails in this manner. In failing domain they also have SUNWsudo.

Cause

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