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  • 1.  AIX 6.1 root password recovery

    Posted Thu January 30, 2014 04:53 AM

    Originally posted by: Asanka Perera


    my server root password loss, pls provide me to AIX 6.1 root password recovery steps

     

    Thank you

     

    Asanka


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  • 2.  Re: AIX 6.1 root password recovery

    Posted Thu January 30, 2014 09:50 AM

    Originally posted by: JoachimB


    A Google search for: recover aix 6.1 root password

    yields quite some usable results.  Good luck!


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  • 3.  Re: AIX 6.1 root password recovery

    Posted Thu January 30, 2014 01:25 PM

    Originally posted by: tech100


    boot in maintenance mode (eg. via NIM) access rootvg and change password or remove from /etc/security/passwd file

    btw. I was also able "remove" password succesfully using hexedit (from linux toolbox for aix) from a disk with AIX OS but it is not supported by IBM


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