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antonio_21
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‎04-01-2002 08:53 AM

‎04-01-2002 08:53 AM

Root password mising

I have lost the root password. Is it possible to recover it or change for other one ?
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S.K. Chan
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‎04-01-2002 09:11 AM

‎04-01-2002 09:11 AM

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Re: Root password mising

Boot the system up in single user mode, ie interrupt the bootup and at ISL mode enter ..

ISL> hpux -is

once you're in just run ..

# passwd root

to change it. And after you're done, boot it up in multi-user mode.
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Ceesjan van Hattum
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‎04-01-2002 09:55 AM

‎04-01-2002 09:55 AM

Re: Root password mising

If after ISL bootup the 'passwd root' fails for some reason, try to 'vi passwd' and delete the encrypted password or '*'. In case your $PATH is not correct, type full pathname for passwd or vi.

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Ceesjan
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