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Old 12-10-2001
Question Login Console

Hi All,

I am very new to Unix and already have a problem... My predecessor didn't note down the username and password to login to the console of an HP D Class 9000 enterprise server we have. I was wondering whether there is any way to bypass this console login screen in Unix... If not is there anything else I can do beside reinstalling the Unix operating system??


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Old 12-11-2001
Reboot the machine. During boot, interrupt the process on the console by hitting space when prompted. Type 'boot' and when asked "Interact with ISL?" answer yes. At the ISL prompt enter "hpux -is". The machine will then boot into single user mode right to a command prompt. You can then change the root password and reboot to get the machine back into multi-user mode.
 
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