[HPADM] Re: Root account disabled

From: Kory Wheatley (wheakory@isu.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 11 2004 - 15:06:25 EDT


I already fixed my problem. I rebooted into single user mode again and
was able to mount /usr and fix my locked root account. I'm not sure why
I couldn't mount the first time. Thanks for your response.

James Bankston wrote:

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>Run fsck first and then mount the file system
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>How do I enable my root account thats been "locked in the commerical
>security database" on HPUX 11.
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>I went to single user mode and tried to go into /tcb/files/auth/r/root
>and use vi to unlock the account, but vi is not found and I not able to
>mount that filesystem. What I'm I doing wrong?
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