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Operating Systems HP-UX Re-enabling a locked root account on Trusted HP-UX Post 99502 by Perderabo on Friday 17th of February 2006 09:47:33 PM

02-17-2006

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Re-enabling a locked root account on Trusted HP-UX

I knew I had had seen this somewhere:

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Q: How can I re-enable my root account when I typed in my password wrong 3 times and the account got disabled?

A: When your HP-UX system is in the more secure "trusted system" mode, your account is automatically disabled after 
you have entered your password incorrectly 3 times in a row. At this point, even if you enter the correct password, 
you will not be allowed access into the account.

There are a few options to re-enable the account:

    * If you have access to the system console you can login using the root account from the console (this will automatically 
       re-enable the account). Even when the account is disabled, login from the console will be allowed by default.
    * If you have another root account on the system, you can login using that account and reset the disabled user account using SAM.

      To re-enable a disabled user account on the system using SAM:
         1. Select the �Accounts for users and groups� section.
         2. Select �users.�
         3. Select the user account that is disabled.
         4. With the disabled user account selected, go to the top of the screen and select �Actions.�
         5. Select �Reactivate� to reactivate the disabled account.

While I was looking for the above information, I found this announcement: HP-UX security features supercede trusted mode. So I'm not sure how much longer the tip on re-enabling the root account will be useful. But I will this thread into our FAQ on recovering root passwords anyway. (Yes, I know the this "3 strikes and you're out" business isn't exactly a lost root password.)

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dsenableroot(8) 					    BSD System Manager's Manual 					   dsenableroot(8)

NAME

     dsenableroot -- enables or disables the root account.

SYNOPSIS

     dsenableroot [-d] [-u username] [-p password] [-r rootPassword]

DESCRIPTION

     dsenableroot sets the password for the root account if enabling the root user account.  Otherwise, if disable [-d] is chosen, the root
     account passwords are removed and the root user is disabled.

     A list of flags and their descriptions:

     -u username
	      Username of a user that has administrative privileges on this computer.

     -p password
	      Password to use in conjunction with the specified username.  If this is not specified, you will be prompted for entry.

     -r rootPassword
	      Password to be used for the root account.  If this is not specified for enabling, you will be prompted for entry.

EXAMPLES

     -dsenableroot
	      Your username will be used and you will be queried for both your password and the new root password to be set to enable the root
	      account.

     -dsenableroot -d
	      Your username will be used and you will be queried for only your password to disable the root account.

     -dsenableroot -u username -p userpassword -r rootpassword
	      The supplied arguments will be used to enable the root account.

     -dsenableroot -d -u username -p userpassword
	      The supplied arguments will be used to disable the root account.

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