On Feb 1, 2018, at 2:32 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> Is there a standard procedure for recovering lost passwords for these >> systems, or for resetting passwords? I do have physical access to the >> machine; it’s possible I can find an AIX install disk but it’s *highly* >> desirable to preserve the contents of the existing hard drive. > > Image the hard drive off to a raw file using a linux host with a SCSI HBA? > > Once that is done, it might be possible to run a hex editor against the hard > drive (one that doesn't copy the contents into RAM) and then search for the > password file. From there you can copy the des hash and use rainbow tables / > wordfiles to crack it or replace it with a known DES hash? > > This is how I used to reset my root password on my Lucent Audix UNIX host. > > YMMV, others might have more insight.
Update, I did locate a CD saying “AIX V4.2.1 for 5765-C34” and this URL: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1000366 which may be what I need. I’ll try this ASAP, hopefully tomorrow, and report what happens. Thanks, and any more ideas welcome!
