How to Change root password on trusted system?

[pap]

I have HP 11.0 and it is a trusted system. I want to change root password on it. Please let me know how should I cange it.

-Piyush.

[Craig Rants]

Do you know the old password? If so just use the passwd command.

If not, vi the /tcb/auth/files/r/root file

remove the hash code between = and : , i.e..
:u_pwd=fBX819fJCbb2w::u_pwd=:
Then use the passwd command.

Becareful editing that file, be very careful.

GL,
C

[Rusty Sapper]

I think the set_parms will work under a trusted system.

try #set_parms root_passwd



HTH

-Rusty

[Darrell Allen · Accepted solution]

Hi Piyush,

You change the root password on a trusted system just as you would on a non-trusted system. The hashed password just happens to be stored in /tcb/auth/files/r/root instead of in /etc/passwd.

Darrell

[jasper_2]

Hi,

you can change it using SAM the behavior differs on how the hardening was implemented.

thanks.

[Jeffrey S. Sims]

You just use the passwd command. On a trusted system you have a few options as to how you want your password (generated from characters, random letters or you pick it). Other than that it is identical to a non-trusted system.

[donne007]

Hi
You can also do the other way from the console logging a single user
# /usr/bin/modprpw - k root
this 'll reset the passwd or

# /usr/sam/lbin/usermod.sam -f -P "" root
this 'll reset the passwd to plain passwd

or the other way is to convert the trusted system to an untrested system
# tsconvert -r
0r # /usr/lbin/tsconvert -r

hope this 'll solve your prblms


Thanx