Aix Login problem - a tough one

egan007 · 14-10-2003 11:37am #1

During a hairbrain experiment i replaced an aix passwd and group file with a solaris one - rebooted
Now i can't login to AIX - i'm sure it's a password encryption problem

yeah i know - critizim accepted!

Does anyone know what i can do i have backups of the original files on the machine - reinstalling the OS is an option but i can't boot from the CDRom,

Any (helpful) suggestions welcome....

scojones · 14-10-2003 11:43am

you IDIOT!!!

scojones · 14-10-2003 11:45am

Do you have a boot disk? you should always have a boot disk!! If not - go make one! and then you can boot up from the kernel on the floppy, log in as root, mount that hdd, and replace the files you replaced. :cool:

egan007 · 14-10-2003 11:47am

Geez thanks dad

have you any instructions on making a boot disk for aix
i have another aix machine i can make one from

scojones · 14-10-2003 11:55am

http://www.ece.vill.edu/~doug/Aix/Alternat_Boot_Operations.html

Enjoy!

egan007 · 14-10-2003 3:10pm

about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike

scojones · 14-10-2003 4:38pm

last time i try to help you!

nah seriously, why wasn't it useful?
Use google.ie/.com

niallb · 14-10-2003 8:22pm

Any chance your tape drive is bootable?
If the backup was done with mksysb you might be VERY lucky.

NiallB

egan007 · 15-10-2003 2:39pm

I pressed f1 during boot to interrupt boot
set boot device to cd0
then rebooted from cdrom - re-added os files
working now
cheers for suggestions

Aix Login problem - a tough one

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