HP UX root login not possible

[prashant lathigara]

HP-UX hpux B.11.11 U 9000/800 (tc)

login: root
Password:
Last successful login for root: Wed Feb 4 14:46:36 IST-5:30 2009 on pts/th
Last unsuccessful login for root: Wed Feb 4 14:35:22 IST-5:30 2009 on pts/th
Please wait...checking for disk quotas
crt0: ERROR couldn't open dld.sl errno:000000002
i found this error while trying to login into our server.

I cant login into root via ftp also...

I cant login with su root...


my System Hardware is like as below.

Model: 9000/800/rp3410
Main Memory: 1022 MB
Processors: 2
OS mode: 64 bit
LAN hardware ID: 0x00306E4B3A23
Software ID: 4183773601
Keyboard Language: Not_Applicable

Please some one help me out in this issue.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

A console login with root will normally reset most of these problems.

If not:
boot with power from the console or another root user.

Intervene at the prompt

boot pri

Y on the interact question

hpux -is

reset root password and deal with missing auth files from that context.

SEP

[Avinash20]

You again opened a new thread.
Please continue the old one..

http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1310779

[Avinash20]

# ll -d /lib
lr-xr-xr-t 1 root sys 8 Apr 26 2007 /lib -> /usr/lib

## If not the above output then
ln -s /usr/lib /lib

Check if you are able to login then

[Avinash20]

I get the same error if /usr/lib was moved to some other name

Check if /usr/lib exist and /lib is soft link to /usr/lib

[prashant lathigara]

avinash,

i cant able to run your command

following error is coming.

$ ln -s /usr/lib /lib
ln: no permission for /lib

though i cant able to login into the server via root.

[Avinash20]

Oh !!

$ ln -s /usr/lib /lib
ln: no permission for /lib

>> This occurs if the /lib is not present on the server

## This seems that the link file is not available.

## You need to reboot the server and login to single user mode to do these activities

[cramkumar]

Nor mally in vpars you can connect via console to change the password for root.
Second choice would be bootin sinlgle user mode hpux -is

[prashant lathigara]

ok avinash,

but the thing that we dont have consol to login into the server for restart the server.
whether any other alternative for that to solve the issue.?

[Dennis Handly]

>ln: no permission for /lib
>though i cant able to login into the server via root.

Right, you must be root.

>we don't have console to login into the server. whether any other alternative for that to solve the issue?

How do you expect to admin the system without a console?

>Avinash: I get the same error if /usr/lib was moved to some other name

But we only care if we can duplicate it without the tlink.

[prashant lathigara]

ok all,
let me arrange console application and the get back to you if any issue.

[prashant lathigara]

now i am connecting with consol and also reached at hpux -is
now the problem is that i cant run the vi and cp command for copy the password file

please tell me someting into this issue.

[prashant lathigara]

I login with the Console application and then i rename the passwd file in /etc folder and execute the following command.

mount-a
tlinstall

i solve the issue. thanks robert,avinash.
thanks very much.

[prashant lathigara]

Problem gots resolve with the help of robert,avinash