topic Re: Invalid root password in Operating System - HP-UX

Invalid root password

Fidel Ramirez_1 — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:06:46 GMT

Hello,

This is a non trusted HP-UX 11.31. I cannot login from another server on the network with telnet using root. The password is not accepted. No issues using rlogin because I set .rhosts.
pwck and grpck are successful and /etc/securetty doesn't exist.
I've repeatedly changed the root password and I'm not using metacharacters.
Please provide hints.
Thank you,

Fidel

Re: Invalid root password

Johnson Punniyalingam — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:14:01 GMT

>>I cannot login from another server on the network with telnet using root

showing actual output of error message would be help full

what error message your seeing from (syslog)??

Re: Invalid root password

Shibin_2 — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:18:33 GMT

Have you disabled the telnet access ?

Re: Invalid root password

Ismail Azad — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:00:16 GMT

Hi,

Check if security has been configured for the specified server in /var/adm/inetd.sec.

Recheck files /etc/services and /etc/inetd.conf for the # in the inappropriate place.

Regards
Ismail Azad

Re: Invalid root password

Fidel Ramirez_1 — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:57:07 GMT

Thank you for your responses.
No messages indicating root password failure on the command line or in the system log except for a lines like:
exec /usr/lbin/bootpd: No such file or directory
bootps/udp: Exit status 1
There are tons of these lines.

Re: Invalid root password

James R. Ferguson — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:07:56 GMT

Hi Fidel:

Perhaps you have an '/etc/securetty' file with only the "console" allowing login.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: Invalid root password

Fidel Ramirez_1 — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:15:12 GMT

Thank you very much for your response, James.
I was checking for this file but on /var/adm and it is on /etc!
Thank you again,

Fidel

Re: Invalid root password

madhuchakkaravarthy — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:55:09 GMT

hi fidel

some more tips :

if login using ssh

cd /opt/ssh/etc/sshd_config

edit permitrootlogin no
and restart the sshd.

and if it is telnet

cat /etc/securetty
console

so that root can login only from console.

regards

MC