Unable to change User or Root password on Trusted Systems

[patrick coutinho]

Hi,

i am having a problem with an HP UX 11i server. Tried to login with a username and it popped up a message (attached below)
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HP-UX dove B.11.11 U 9000/800 (tb)

login: ipatrick
Password:
Last successful login for ipatrick: Sun Jun 20 11:16:56 WAT-3 2004 on pts/ta
Last unsuccessful login for ipatrick: Sun Jun 20 12:13:45 WAT-3 2004 on pts/tb
Your password has expired.
Choose a new password.
Changing password for ipatrick
Old password:
Sorry.
Login aborted due to no password.

Wait for login exit: .
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Am having the same problem even when i try to login a root from the console. This system is trusted.

How do i get out of this. If possible i would like to do this without booting the server.

Please help.

Thanks in advance.

Patrick

[harry d brown jr]

You need to be able to get to root. If you can't, then you need to shutdown and boot into single user mode and fix the problem manually.

Once you have done this, use sam or modprpw to reset the users password.

live free or die
harry

[Simon Hargrave]

If you are running certain pieces of software on the server (eg IT/O, Tivoli, or some other software that runs agents that will let you run administrative processes, or even a 3rd party scheduling app), then you can schedule a modprpw against the root account, without actually having the root password presently.

[patrick coutinho]

Thanks everyone. My problem was solved. I used the FIRST 8 characters of the root password and was able to change it. This was because i had set a root password of more than 8 characters before converting to trusted.

SO :

1. logged on as root from console with the complete root password.

2. when a prompt popped up to change the root password, i used the first 8 characters of the original root password.

once accepted, i could change the password.

thanks everyone,

rgds

Pat