Difference between revisions of "Nokia firewall admin password reset"

Latest revision as of 15:43, 17 May 2013

1- Boot to single user mode

BOOTMGR1> boot -s

2- Once the system gets to single user mode, you'll get the prompt:

 "Enter pathname of shell or RETURN for sh:"
 Just hit the RETURN key again to get a prompt.

3- At the unix shell prompt, just run the overpw tool to fix the password to a known state by typing:

 # /etc/overpw

4- Complete the boot, type CTRL-D to exit the single user shell.

5- Once the system finishes booting fully, you can log in to the admin account with your new password