special character in trusted mode

[Fauziah Mahdan]

Hi all,
Can the special character (#$%&) be implemented in changing root pwd?

Fauziah

[Pete Randall]

From the passwd man page:

"Avoid password characters which have special meaning to the tty driver, such as # (erase) and @ (kill). You may not be able to login with these characters."

It makes no difference whether the system is trusted or not.


Pete

[Fauziah Mahdan]

HI all. The problem is we already change the password and cannot login with this new password. In other word root pwd gone.
How to restore?
Can i just restore from backup only file /etc/passwd?

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

If this is a trusted system, restoring /etc/passwd will not help. You can boot in single user mode and use the passwd command or you can restore the tcb directory structure.


Pete

[Fauziah Mahdan]

id go to single user command and type passwd it will require an old passwrd which has been changed with that special character.

To restore option? can explain in details

[Pete Randall]

Maybe this will help:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1025836


Pete

[Pete Randall]

Or this:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=943901


Pete

[Fauziah Mahdan]

thanks so much pete...
it works by restore the tcb/files/auth/root.

I can use old pwd before change.

Thanks
Fauziah Mahdan

[Pete Randall]

Glad to help!

[Fauziah Mahdan]

thanks all