recover the server

[himacs]

Hi Admins,

Forgot root password.Since single user mode BOOT_AUTH enabled, the same is asking root password.Please tell me how can i recover the server using bootable DVD in recovery mode.

Server :HPUX 11.31

Superdome S32

Operating OE is BOE March2012

Regards

himacs

[Patrick Wallek]

Have you tried booting into LVM maintenance mode(hpux -lm)?  I don't recall if that requires a password or not.

If you can come up that way, then just activate VG00, mount your file systems and edit the /tcb/files/auth/r/root file to remove the password so you can reset it.

Remember that the line should wind up looking like this for no password.

:u_pwd=:\

[himacs]

Hi Patrick,

Thanks for the response.But -lm also require root password.

and my server is not trusted.

Regards

himacs