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тАО01-20-2009 12:16 AM
тАО01-20-2009 12:16 AM
Enable root password
Can please send the procedure to enable root passwords where they are disabled and i got access to root earlier ..this is my second week as a unix admin..Please let me know its a urgent..
thank you
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тАО01-20-2009 12:21 AM
тАО01-20-2009 12:21 AM
Re: Enable root password
you can change the root password in single user mode.
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тАО01-20-2009 12:33 AM
тАО01-20-2009 12:33 AM
Re: Enable root password
Have u changed ur passwd recently ??
Is there any other user who has got root previleges ?
Finally r u using "root" login or any other login with root previlages ..
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тАО01-20-2009 12:43 AM
тАО01-20-2009 12:43 AM
Re: Enable root password
no i am using the same password assigned earlier..
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тАО01-20-2009 12:46 AM
тАО01-20-2009 12:46 AM
Re: Enable root password
Hope u r trying to login with "root" user name..
Have u got any other user with roor previleges ??
What about the normal users.. r they able to login without any problems ??
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тАО01-20-2009 12:53 AM
тАО01-20-2009 12:53 AM
Re: Enable root password
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тАО01-20-2009 01:00 AM
тАО01-20-2009 01:00 AM
Re: Enable root password
The controlling parameter is in the /tcb/files/auth/system/default file, towards the end "t_login_timeout#10:"
Change the #10 to a higher number or to #0 to completely disable it.
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тАО01-20-2009 01:32 AM
тАО01-20-2009 01:32 AM
Re: Enable root password
Once root account Locked,
You need to have Direct Console acces Login
to enable it,
# /usr/lbin/modprpw -k root
(above command will enable root account)
other tricky ways,
Considering you have "rcp"&rlogin" enabled
to try rlogin or rcp the passwd,
Thanks,
Johnson
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тАО01-20-2009 02:30 AM
тАО01-20-2009 02:30 AM
Re: Enable root password
reboot your server interrupt the boot sequence when it says you have 10 seconds to do so, boot from the primary boot device, answer Y to interact with IPL, then boot into single user mode by doing hpux -is This will boot and log you in as root without a password, then you can reset the password and reboot back to normal
Thanks You..
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тАО01-21-2009 08:18 AM
тАО01-21-2009 08:18 AM
Re: Enable root password
Even more useful, get used to doing system admin tasks requiring root access via sudo. This has two advantages:
1. You don't have to login as root and risk doing the unexpected as root if you have forgotten where you are or which system the window is connected to.
2. sudo produces a convenient log file to track what you were doing for review and documentation of your actions.