topic Re: Cannot Change root Password in Operating System - HP-UX

Cannot Change root Password

Elder Silva_1 — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:19:52 GMT

Hi,

I can login as root but I cannot change my root password. It says Sorry.. Im really sure that the password I typed is correct.

login: root
Password:
Last successful login for root: Wed Aug 23 20:16:47 EAT-8 2006
Last unsuccessful login for root: Wed Aug 23 19:16:13 EAT-8 2006
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Value of TERM has been set to "xterm".
WARNING: YOU ARE SUPERUSER !!

root@HOSTNAME[/]#passwd
Changing password for root
Old password:
Sorry.
root@HOSTNAME[/]#passwd root

Re: Cannot Change root Password

Pete Randall — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:28:13 GMT

Apparently your system is trusted. One way to get around this would be to temporarily untrust the system, change the password (it won't ask for the old passwd), then retrust the system.

Pete

Re: Cannot Change root Password

Peter Godron — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:30:19 GMT

Hi,
have a look at :
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1052392

Seems to have the same problem

Re: Cannot Change root Password

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:30:53 GMT

Shalom,

log on at the console, that will clear it if its disabled.

Or

null it out in /tcb/auth/file/r/root

and immediately reset it with the passwd command.

SEP

Re: Cannot Change root Password

spex — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:32:28 GMT

Hi,

See this thread ("can not change root password on trusted system"):

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1052392

PCS

Re: Cannot Change root Password

Jaime Bolanos Rojas. — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:34:48 GMT

Elder,

This HP document explains what's going on in the system and how to fix it:

Doc KBRC00002281

Regards,

Jaime.

Re: Cannot Change root Password

mohan singh — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:44:41 GMT

Hi Silva,

I am agree with Pate, This only the one work arount . Temporarly untrust the system and change the passwd and trust it.

Mohan