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# 1  
Old 02-10-2006
lost root password in AIX
Hi how do you reset the root password in AIX.

I booted to single user mode and it asked for login and password.

I have AIX 4.3.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 02-10-2006
See if this helps - look for the AIX portion.
# 3  
Old 02-10-2006
aix 4.3? have you tried booting into maintenance mode?
# 4  
Old 02-14-2006
hai

just try booting with cd and you will get three options,,,just go for maintenance mode ,,i am not remmebering the exact options after that you will get prompt,you can easily reset roots password using passwd command

sorry
thomas
# 5  
Old 02-15-2006
Though it is not recommended and banned in this forum ... Smilie
... you could search and try exploits, 4.3 is pretty old and should not be hard to crack Smilie
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