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If you change the password as root (or administrator on windows), you don't need the old password to set a new one. Josh On Thursday August 04, 2011, Sunil Venkatesh wrote: > Aaron, > > I wanted to try the ssh method to change the root password, but I stopped > short since it will ask for old password before changing to a new one. > However, I planning to create and make use of user accounts instead of > looking for the root password. > > Thank you for the input. > > Regards, > Sunil > > On Aug 4, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Aaron Peeler wrote: > > Sunil, > > > > On #2. The VCL load process is to randomize the root (and > > administrator for windows) password. It should be in the vcld.log > > file, but an easier option might be to ssh into the node and set the > > root password to something you know when using xcat's rcons to look at > > the console. > > > > Aaron > > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Sunil Venkatesh <suni...@umbc.edu> wrote: > >> Hi Josh, > >> > >> So, I was able to get the VCL to capture & restore the images on to the > >> Power7 blade without any errors. The VCL web portal shows the Power7 > >> node being loaded with the captured image. I was looking for some > >> clarification with a couple of things. > >> > >> 1. The web portal shows "Selection currently not available" when I > >> intend to make a reservation on the Power7 blade that I have been > >> working with all this while. > >> > >> 2. Once the image is loaded onto the blade, I am able to login from the > >> management node without a password. However, when I am using rcons to > >> login as root on the Power7 blade, it does not accept the root password > >> I had used during the OS installation. Does the root password get reset > >> to a default one? I was checking vcl/lib/VCL/Module/OS/Linux.pm if that > >> is the case. > >> > >> Thanks & Regards, > >> Sunil > >> > >> On Jul 7, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Josh Thompson wrote: > >>> This and your next question are both deeper into the backend code that > >>> I've worked with. Andy or Aaron may be able to answer your questions > >>> further. > >>> > >>> Josh - -- - ------------------------------- Josh Thompson VCL Developer North Carolina State University my GPG/PGP key can be found at pgp.mit.edu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk46zvEACgkQV/LQcNdtPQMnbwCeKas+RR+36HDGEBdnVQUH/Ts8 NG8An2f92p1k9Rsi/FNrz2PrikHUJGP3 =AafE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
