!!! account lock out !!!

[Corporate Unix01]

Hi gurus,

Problem i am facing is that passwd -l root
have locked my root account.
when i am viewing /usr/lbin/getprpw root
Its shows me that alock=YES ,lockout=0000010

which says that account has been locked by root
i have tried to reactivate the account using sam but that doesn't work


Pls help me .

[Peter Godron]

Hi,
have you tried login in from the console?

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[DCE]

Suggestions
If you have a root window open on the system issue the command
/usr/lbin/modprpw -k root
to reset the account

if no root window available try logging in from the console

if that does not work, reboot the system in to single user mode snd issur the above command
interupt boot process, interact with ISL and enter hpux -s at the isl prompt

[Sp4admin]

Hello,

If the root account is locked then log into the console. If you don't have the root password then you will need to boot in singal user mode and change the passowrd. You can also try the "getpwpr -r -m lockout root" command and if its show locked the "modprpw -k root". You must alrady have a root session started on another window.

sp,