I don't think he has a tape backup, and since he has never had a password to get in there is nothing on there that he needs to save. <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/15/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Staff Staff
</b> <<a href="mailto:Staff@meridian.mi.us">Staff@meridian.mi.us</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Caleb:
<br><br>AIX 3 is a long time ago, but if my memory serves, you have a few<br>options:<br><br>As Andy & Erik pointed out, if you can get the installation media for<br>*your version* of AIX, there is a procedure that you can follow from the
<br>boot of the 'OS Installation & System Maintenance' media that will allow<br>for root password recovery. IBM used to have an 'old AIX version' media<br>service. To be honest though... I would be surprised if it goes back to
<br>AIX 3. At this point though... it's probably worth that toll free<br>telephone call to see what they can do for you, and how much it will<br>cost. They would need at least an 'oslevel' to get you started to see<br>if they can provide the media.
<br><br>Alternately, if you have a good system image tape/backup, you can boot<br>from the system image tape and then edit the /etc/password file on the<br>standard boot device to remove the current root password:<br><br>
vi /etc/passwd<br><br>change the line:<br><br>root:!:0:0 ...<br><br>to read:<br><br>root::0:0 ...<br><br>If I recall correctly, all you have to do is remove the ! from<br>in-between the two colon's right after the 'root' entry in the file.
<br>This will clear the password, and allow it to be reset as desired on<br>your next normal boot.<br><br>Without OS installation media for your version of AIX, or a good system<br>image, I'm not sure if you have many options other than a fresh OS
<br>installation.<br><br>Hmm... how is IBM's documentation on root password recovery in AIX ?<br><br>Good luck!<br><br>-stephen<br><br>> On 3/15/06, Caleb Cushing <<a href="mailto:xenoterracide@gmail.com">xenoterracide@gmail.com
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