Re: cannot get pass logon screen in C180 HP-UX

From: Jim Hollenback (jholly_at_cup.hp.com)
Date: 07/16/04

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    stewart allen (stewaetallen@comcast.net) wrote:
    : Thanks for your response:

    : > Well, You can boot in single user mode by interrupting the boot process
    : (see
    : > the message like "Booting in xxx seconds. Press any key to interrupt".
    : After
    : > that You're in the PROM (Firmware, somewhat similar to a PC's BIOS). Type
    : > "boot". You'll be asked "interact with IPL (Y/N)?", answer "YES". The
    : > machine boots into the first boot stage, and You'll end up in the IPL
    : > (Initial Program Loader) command line. Enter "hpux -is", and the machine
    : > should boot in single user mode...

    : I did all that and it worked exactly as you said...but what's the problem?
    : now i am at the point where it says "warning you are superuser" and a prompt
    : "#" to enter a command. I aparently gave the impression that I know
    : something about HP-UX when in fact I know zilk about it. Is there some
    : website that may have a list of general commands that i can find useful. I
    : was hoping to edit the /etc/password file to remove the password as another
    : suggested. I just want to get back into the graphical mode where i will have
    : some measure of comfort

    the command to change the password is passwd, use /sbin/passwd to run the
    command. The file format for /etc/passwd is found by doing "man 4 passwd",
    of course without the ". A word of caution. If the system was configured
    with LVM the filesystems for commands and shared libraries is not mounted
    at the superuser prompt in single user mode. Do a /etc/bcheckrc and then
    a mountall. Once you fix the password do an init 4 to get back to the
    graphical mode.

    : > My other recommendation would be to get one of the HP-UX CD Sets that are
    : > often listed on ebay, preferrably HP-UX 11i. Makes it easier to reinstall,
    : > and You can be sure to have an installation that isn't messed up
    : somehow...

    : I do have the CDs for it. I believe it is version 10 point something, but
    : the unit does not have a CD-ROM drive so i am not ready to explore that
    : option yet, since i have to search for a compatible drive

    : > Or You can install Linux, but then I see no reason to waste such a nice
    : > workstation with an OS that runs best on x86 and doesn't support most
    : > hardware for these machines.

    : I agree with that. It would be a waste since i have several x86 machine
    : available to run Linux. I definately want to keep HP-UX since it gives me an
    : opportunity to learn

    There a several books out there for HP-UX. Once your system is up and you
    can run commands, try uname -a and you will see what version OS you have.
    By the way, 10.something is obsolete now. If you can find some 11.x media
    you might consider upgrading. 

    --
Jim Hollenback
jholly@cup.hp.com
my opinion.
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