topic Re: Root password mising in Operating System - HP-UX

Root password mising

antonio_21 — Mon, 01 Apr 2002 16:53:13 GMT

I have lost the root password. Is it possible to recover it or change for other one ?
HP server C3000

Re: Root password mising

S.K. Chan — Mon, 01 Apr 2002 17:11:54 GMT

Boot the system up in single user mode, ie interrupt the bootup and at ISL mode enter ..

ISL> hpux -is

once you're in just run ..

# passwd root

to change it. And after you're done, boot it up in multi-user mode.

Re: Root password mising

Ceesjan van Hattum — Mon, 01 Apr 2002 17:55:41 GMT

If after ISL bootup the 'passwd root' fails for some reason, try to 'vi passwd' and delete the encrypted password or '*'. In case your $PATH is not correct, type full pathname for passwd or vi.

Succes,
Ceesjan