restart root password

[rajesh73_1]

Hi

I forget the root password, how to reset the root passowrd in hp-ux

I pls any one help me very urgent

[Aneesh Mohan · Accepted solution]

the command is
#passwd root

but you doing this you need to have root privilege.

a)do you have any current active root session open ?

b)do you have any remote login configured ?

If there is no other choice ,the way is to reboot the server in single user mode and change the root password using #passwd command.


Aneesh

[DeafFrog]

heelo Raj ,

you have to edit tcb/files/auth/r
vi root
:u_pwd=:\ ## make this line lke this.

If you are not logged in as root from anywhere , then you have to boot to single user mode , mount usr , var , tmp and edit the tcb/files/auth/r file in single user mode.

Regards ,
FrogIsDeaf

[Dinesh Kumar B]

try to rlogin from other servers.
If any one have sudo or sroot access to root,that will also help you to reset the root password.

If everything fails you need to bring the server to single user mode to reset root password.

[DeafFrog]

Raj ,

I have assumed that you are running Integrity
and server is trusted.
Regards ,

[rajesh73_1]

Hi ALL

sorry for the delay reply

my server is trusted only, I am trying to mount /usr in singal mode it saying

vxfs mount: /dev/vg00/lvol7 is corrupted. needs checking

rajesh

[Aneesh Mohan]

do fsck
#fsck -F vxfs /dev/vg00/rlvol7

and change the password as mentioned above by Dearfrog .


Aneesh

[piyush mathiya]

If you have booted the system in single user mode, simply you can reset the password with passwd command...

It will not ask your old password while reseting... :)

Hope it will solve your problem...

Regards,
Piyush Mathiya

[rajesh73_1]

Hi

I cannot change passwd in singal mode. as per Mr.FrogIsDeaf instruction i remove the /tcb/files/auth/r/root removed the lines after that i changed the passwd

but my system is trusted mode so when i login try to root it saying account is disbled. i dont have a super user anything in the server only one account is normal account how can i enable to root account

regda
rajesh

[Aneesh Mohan]

Hi,

To unlock or enable a user account in TS system

to unlock root account
#/usr/lbin/modprpw -k root

Aneesh