If you do not know your root or ipcs password, you can use this procedure to reset the password for the root or ipcs user. If you know the root password, you can simply change or unlock the ipcs password using the procedure Changing the ipcs password and unlocking the ipcs user account.
At the boot menu, press e to edit the first boot entry.
If the server prompts you to enter the user name and password for the grub menu, enter the user name as root and password as @V@Y@_123.
From the grub options, navigate to the end of the line that starts with linux16 and enter:
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rd.break
Press Ctrl+x.
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This option will boot to the initramfs prompt with a root shell.
The root file system is mounted in read-only mode to /sysroot and must be remounted with read/write permissions to make changes.
To remount the root file system with read/write permissions, run the following command:
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mount -o remount,rw /sysroot
Once the file system has been remounted, run the command:
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chroot /sysroot
To reset the password, do one of the following:
To reset the root password, run the following command:
echo “root:SIPera_123” | chpasswd
To reset the root password, run the following command:
echo “ipcs:SIPera_123” | chpasswd
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You can enter any password in place of SIPera_123.
Enter the exit command twice.
STEP RESULT:
Once the reboot has completed, you can use the root or ipcs account with the newly set password.
