Are you at the system console ?
Do you have root login capability from the console ?
You know, no one can work miracles from the little information you provided. You, not getting a prompt for password might have hundreds of different causes.
Hardware model ?
hpux version ?
method of connection ? (ssh ? telnet ?)
root or regular user ?
when did you first notice this symptom ?
when was the last major change (like patching or kernel modifications, new hardware addition, etc.) to your system and since then have you ever been able to login ?
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UNIX because I majored in cryptology...
