Changing the ipcs password and unlocking the ipcs user account

Last Updated : Apr 28, 2020 |
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If you know your root password, you can log on to Linux and use this procedure to either change or unlock the password for the ipcs user. If you do not know the root password, you must reset your passwords using the procedure Resetting the root or ipcs password.
  1. To change the password for the ipcs user:
    1. Log on to Linux as the root user.
    2. Use the following command to change the password:
      ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
      passwd ipcs
    3. Follow the prompts to create a new password.
  2. To reset a locked password after too many failed attempts for the ipcs user:
    1. Log on to Linux as the root user.
    2. Use the following command to display the authentication failure records, that is, how many times the ipcs user got the password wrong:
      ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
      faillock --user ipcs
    3. Use the following command to reset the authentication failures so that the ipcs user can try to log on again:
      ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
      faillock --user ipcs --reset