Lost root password

[Michael De Loe]

I've obtained an old HP 712 server from a company I was worked. It is loaded with HP-UX 10.20 and OpenView. My goal is to set it up at my house to be used to improve my sys admin skills. My problem is I do not know the password and do not want to reinstall the o/s yet.

Is there a way to change the root password through maintenance mode and how best to gain access to maintenance mode.

Thanks,

[Rick Garland]

Boot into single user mode. The root prompt should come up for you. You could issue the passwd root and change the passwd.

[Antoanetta Naghiu]

Boot in single user mode.
Do a search in a forum to find similar topics.
See, for example: http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x603249c5ae73d4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

[Alan Riggs · Accepted solution]

To get to single user mode:

Power cycle the box.
Interrupt the boot sequence when prompted (after hardware checks).
"bo pri"
"y" (to interact with IPL/ISL)
"hpux -is"

[Michael De Loe]

Thanks, guys. I'll try this when I get home tonight. Based on how well it goes, I'll be back tomorrow to assign points.

Later.

[Michael De Loe]

Thanks, guys. I'll try this when I get home tonight. Based on how well it goes, I'll be back tomorrow to assign points.

Later.