Why Booting HP-UX in Single User Mode doesn't ask for root password?

[AMIT PANDEY]

Hi,
Does any one has the answer for the below question:
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Why Booting HP-UX in a Single User Mode doesn't ask for root password?
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Thank you for any response in advance.

[Mel Burslan]

This is an optional setting that must have been answered as "don't ask root password in single user mode login" at the system build time. This prevented loading of boot authenticator software. If you need root password to be asked when you are logging into the single user mode, you will need to install this software. Detailed information can be found in this document:
http://docs.hp.com/en/5990-7251/5990-7251.pdf
Hope this helps.

[Suraj K Sankari]

Hi Amit,
This because if you forget root passwd then you can loggin in Single User and reset/change your root passwd.

This is a optional setting if you want that your system ask root passwd in Single User Mode ?
You have to install Bastille and set the value ="N"

HP_UX.single_user_password="N"

Suraj

[SoorajCleris · Accepted solution]

You have options.

You may install BOOTAUTH11i (product). Once you install this you will get a new parameter BOOT_AUTH in security file.
The new feature is disabled by default.

You can enable it by configuring the BOOT_AUTH
parameter in the /etc/default/security file.

Other option is Using TCB

Thanks
Sooraj

[AMIT PANDEY]

Thank you for the response.
It really helped me to understand the basic behind this.
I have HP-UX 11.31 Installed and I founf that BOOTHAUTH11i Bundle is not installed currently. But, /etc/default/security file is there in which BOOT_AUTH=0 is set, and this is enabling not to ask password while booting in Single User Mode.