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Broda_146178
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Jun 03, 2014

Lost root password - single user mode and error during changing

Hi,   I lost my root password, so i started system in single user mode, and type mount -a passwd root ... and i got error "error: unable to obtain slot from LOP : send to lopd failed [lopd addr:/...
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nitass_89166
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Jun 04, 2014

it is due to the new password is unable to synchronize to lop (lights-out processor) in single-user mode. the workaround is to change password again in multi-user mode.

 

ID441013 - root password change in single user mode reports lop error, fail sync

 

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    nitass_89166
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    Aug 17, 2014
    sol15470: Lights Out Processor subsystem does not support changing of password during single-user mode