On 23 Dec 2004 14:55:11 -0800, gerold.leeb@aon.at (Gerold) wrote:

>Hello people,
>
>A few days ago I received a 44P with preinstalled AIX 5L.
>So far I was able to connect via terminal emuolation from my PC.
>During the startup the Configuration Assistant comes up. However I
>finished without any changes - which was a big mistake.
>So I reached the login prompt without knowing the password for the
>root user as I haven't changed it. I have tried already several once
>like password or PASSW0RD, ... but no success.
>
>So the question is does someone know what the default password is or
>how to start the onfiguration assistant a second time without
>installing the OS.
>
>Thanks
>Gerold ;-)

The root account doesn't have a password after the default install.

Just log in as root and hit enter at the password prompt (there shouldn't
even be a password prompt).

I don't remember just where the configuration assisstant is -- try smit,
then System Configuration (I think . . . don't have a system running here
at home to look at).

If you do have a root password and can't figure it out, boot in
maintenance mode from the CD and pick the option to "start a root session
after mounting filesystems" -- then vi /etc/passwd and delete the '!' from
root's entry. Save, reboot, and root will no longer have a password.

Tom