Re: [cobalt-users] needing to reset root passwd

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx>]

David Lucas wrote:
> 
> At 04:35 AM 2/19/2002, you wrote:
> >I've got a raq3 thats having mail problems, it's really difficult to
> >troubleshoot without root which I can't get into. I'm guessing the
> >previous owner changed the root password from the cli. I've tried
> >resetting the admin password in the web interface but its not
> >effecting the actual root password. I've read about the reset switch
> >on the back, I've got 2 questions about it. First, does it reset the
> >root password and second, does it reset anything else? I can't have
> >it resetting the whole unit (ie clearing everything) or the settings
> >in the web interface.
> >
> >In short, I don't have the root password (nor can obtain it) which
> >was set on the cli and I need to reset it without erasing any other
> >data.

The password reset switch on the RaQ is a small hole located next to the
LCD display panel on the front of the unit (not the back - that's the
Qube).  Pushing it runs a script (/etc/lcd.d/reset_password) that sets
the password for "admin" to "admin" and "root" to "*" (locked) (via a
second script - /usr/local/sbin/pwreset - which basically writes new
lines into /etc/passwd for admin and root). That's all that it does,
nothing else (no data, config, etc is touched or modified).

Your next step after doing a password reset should be to immediately log
into the UI as admin, go to the Administrator section of the UI and
enter a new password for admin.  That will then set root's password at
the same time to the same password.

--
Bruce Timberlake, Sun Cobalt Technology Engineer
Phone: 877-718-3569 / x69369
Email: bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx

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