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Operating Systems HP-UX Cannot login root Post 302164253 by tpmadigan on Monday 4th of February 2008 10:15:07 AM
Old 02-04-2008
It sounds like the password for root has been wiped out. You should reboot your HP-UX server into single-user mode. Once you are at the prompt, you can then set the password for root using the passwd command. Once the password is set, you can then reboot normally. Also, check to see if the file /etc/securetty exists; if it does, make sure that there is a line in the file that reads:

console

This will allow you to log in as root from the console. Finally, if you really need to allow SSH logins to login directly as root (bad idea!!), make sure that the "PermitRootLogin" parameter is set to "yes" (no quotes). For much better security, however, you should set this parameter to "no" and always log in as a non-privileged user. You can always su to root, if needed. Best of luck!!
 

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LEARN ABOUT V7

sulogin

sulogin(1M)                                               System Administration Commands                                               sulogin(1M)

NAME

       sulogin - access single-user mode

SYNOPSIS

       sulogin

DESCRIPTION

       The  sulogin  utility  is  automatically invoked by init when the system is first started. It prompts the user to type the root password to
       enter system maintenance mode (single-user mode) or to type  EOF (typically <CTRL-D>) for normal startup (multi-user mode). The user should
       never directly invoke sulogin.

       The  sulogin utility can prompt the user to enter the root password on a variable number of serial console devices, in addition to the tra-
       ditional console device. See consadm(1M) and msglog(7D) for a description of how to configure a serial device to  display  the  single-user
       login prompt.

FILES

       /etc/default/sulogin    Default value can be set for the following flag:

                               PASSREQ         Determines if login requires a password. Default is PASSREQ=YES.

       /etc/default/login      Default value can be set for the following flag:

                               SLEEPTIME       If  present,  sets  the number of seconds to wait before login failure is printed to the screen and
                                               another login attempt is allowed. Default is 4 seconds. Minimum is 0 seconds. Maximum is 5 seconds.

                                               Both su(1M) and login(1) are affected by the value of SLEEPTIME.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWcsr                      |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

        login(1), consadm(1M), init(1M), su(1M), attributes(5), msglog(7D)

SunOS 5.10                                                          25 Sep 2002                                                        sulogin(1M)
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