Re: root password recovery AIX 5.1 - special case

I agree with Frank, I am not understanding your situation....

If you can get into the system, then it seems like you should be able
to edit
the /etc/passwd or /etc/security/passwd.

When you are booting from CD, there are two options for mounting the
rootvg:
CHoose the one that does not mount the filesstems.
Then hand mount them, and manipulate the password files.

As to "breaking" in. Use your knowledge of the system, not the OS.

Have you installed sudo?
Do you have any security looseness in any of the sudoers settings
(granting any one
of these programs will provide a security hole:
vi,cat, more, mv, etc...Which should be a warning to anyone who is
unfamiliar
with the beauty, and complexity of setting up a correct sudoers file
)

Do you have any of the applications that you have installed have set
uid root
functions somewhere in them?

--Casey

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