Hi, I tried following Avaya's instructions to reset the root password:
Procedure
At the boot menu, press e to edit the first boot entry.
Optional 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:
rd.break
Press Ctrl+x.
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:
mount -o remount,rw /sysroot
Once the file system has been remounted, run the command:
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
You can enter any password in place of SIPera_123.
Enter the exit command twice.
Once the reboot has completed, you can use the root or ipcs account with the newly set password.
I am getting stuck on Optional Step 2, where it prompts username and pw where the default is @V@Y@_123.
How do I reset this password?
Procedure
At the boot menu, press e to edit the first boot entry.
Optional 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:
rd.break
Press Ctrl+x.
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:
mount -o remount,rw /sysroot
Once the file system has been remounted, run the command:
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
You can enter any password in place of SIPera_123.
Enter the exit command twice.
Once the reboot has completed, you can use the root or ipcs account with the newly set password.
I am getting stuck on Optional Step 2, where it prompts username and pw where the default is @V@Y@_123.
How do I reset this password?
