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  • Roles can only be assumed by authorized users.

    From D S@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 28 23:51:07 2023
    Dear all,
    for some unknown reason (!?), It could be due to my own mistake as well, I have been unable to log in as root to host VDI (solaris 10 that run VDA 3.2 hosted in Server Sun Ilom) for the past few days. I receive the following message:

    "Roles can only be assumed by authorized users"

    Since I connect remotely using Java 6 environment Java(NT) web start launcer GUI, specifically Booting in failsafe, mounted at /a, I deleted the "passwd" file in /a/etc/user_attr and /a/etc/shadow. I check hosts, nsswitch.conf. When I tried to change the
    password as "su," I received the message "Permission Denied."
    Do you have any suggestions?
    I kindly request your assistance in resolving this issue. Please let me know if there are any troubleshooting steps or solutions that I should try.

    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

    Best regards,
    Dim

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  • From OrangeFish9737@21:1/5 to D S on Thu Jun 29 09:49:49 2023
    On 2023-06-29 02:51, D S wrote:
    Dear all,

    for some unknown reason (!?), It could be due to my own mistake
    as well, I have been unable to log in as root to host
    VDI (solaris 10 that run VDA 3.2 hosted in Server Sun Ilom) for
    the past few days. I receive the following message:

    "Roles can only be assumed by authorized users"

    Since I connect remotely using Java 6 environment Java(NT) web
    start launcer GUI, specifically Booting in failsafe, mounted at
    /a, I deleted the "passwd" file in /a/etc/user_attr and
    /a/etc/shadow. I check hosts, nsswitch.conf. When I tried to
    change the password as "su," I received the message "Permission
    Denied."

    Was root a role or a user before this?

    OF.


    Do you have any suggestions?

    I kindly request your assistance in resolving this issue. Please
    let me know if there are any troubleshooting steps or solutions
    that I should try.

    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

    Best regards,
    Dim


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  • From D S@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 29 22:45:13 2023
    Was root a role or a user before this?

    OF.
    Goodmorning and thank you for your answer.

    Yes, many years ago, same password.
    booted at failsafe,
    # su root
    Return 30 01:41:31 su: 'su root' succeeded for root on /dev/console
    #passwd
    New password:
    Permission Denied

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  • From OrangeFish9737@21:1/5 to D S on Fri Jun 30 17:59:24 2023
    On 2023-06-30 01:45, D S wrote:
    Was root a role or a user before this?

    OF.
    Goodmorning and thank you for your answer.

    Yes, many years ago, same password.

    Yes to which one -- root a role or root a user?

    booted at failsafe,
    # su root
    Return 30 01:41:31 su: 'su root' succeeded for root on /dev/console
    #passwd
    New password:
    Permission Denied

    Let me see if I understand the sequence here:

    You were unable to login as root-the-role;
    you booted into failsafe mode; and
    you editted /etc/usr_attr and /etc/shadow -- what exactly did you edit?

    You then rebooted into failsafe but are unable to change the password.
    (Is /etc/passwd writable?)

    OF

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