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06.12.2008 at 12:58AM PDT, ID: 23478569
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root password locked, need root password recovery without shutting down to single user

Asked by sunhux in HP-UX Unix, Unix Network Security Questions, Operating Systems Network Security

Tags: HP, HP-UX, B11.23, root password recovery without shutting down to single user

Hi

This is urgent.  

I need to login as root to my Itanium HP-UX urgently to collect/copy
some data which is owned by root:sys.

The root password seemed locked & when I go to the physical
console to login, it does not prompt me for new password at
all but only says :

Account is disabled - see Account Administrator

A friend thinks it's possible to connect up to the serial DB9 port
on the server to reset the root password.  It prompted for MX
login but I don't even know what's the id/password for this as
I just took over from a colleague who leftStart Free Trial
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Tags: HP, HP-UX, B11.23, root password recovery without shutting down to single user
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