Change the root password in trusted system

[Jorge Prado_1]

Hi,
In a trusted system (HP_UX 11i), as I can change the password of root in case that this be lost.

Thank in advance.

Jorge Prado

[RAC_1]

Have you lost the root password? If you have root equivalent id, you can login and change the root password.

If you can, boot into single user mode and reset the root password. (You can do this if bootpw flag has not been set-trusted node)

[G. Vrijhoeven · Accepted solution]

Hi Jorge,

There have been several threats about this subject:

http://europe-support.external.hp.com/emse/bin/doc.pl/emse/bin/doc.pl/distrib_redir=0+1075987595|*?rn=25&source=7000&hpl=1&from=forums&searchcategory=ALL&todo=search&origin=0&wpa=forums1.itrc.hp.com%3A80&searchcriteria=allwords&searchtext=trusted+root&esc=europe-support.external.hp.com&chkServStor=on&presort=rank

HTH,

Gideon

[Jorge Prado_1]

RAC,
I try to change the password, but the system asks me the old password.

Thank you,

Jorge Prado

[Marco Santerre]

In trusted mode for root, the system will always ask you for the old password.

[Marco Santerre]

You may want to either unconvert your system for the time you change your password, or you'll have to reboot in single user mode.

[RAC_1]

Try it this way. /usr/lbin/sam.usermod -p "" root. This will null out the password for root. You should be fine after that. Also are trying to change the password with root equivalent userid?