Appendices : Troubleshooting : Login failure

Login failure
If no one can log into the OnBoard appliance, you can perform the following procedure to reset the root or admin user’s password. This procedure would be needed, for example, if an attempt to log into the console as root brings up the following message:
login[212]: FAILED LOGIN
1 FROM FOR root, User not known to the underlying
authentication module
Login incorrect
To recover from login failure:
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See To use the onbdtemplate utility to test a template:. The U-Boot monitor prompt appears as shown in the following screen example.
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The following screen example shows changing the admin user’s password.
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The root or admin user should be able to log in with the new password.
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