Password recovery for appliance How to guide๏ƒ

Overview๏ƒ

This document outlines how to reset the admin password back to factory defaults for a Swivel hardware or VM appliance.

Prerequisites๏ƒ

Swivel Appliance 2.x, 3.x, 4.x

Admin Console Password Reset Procedure using Sysresccd๏ƒ

This procedure can be used when the Webmin cannot be logged into.

Boot from sysrescue CD

See System Rescue CD

Mount file system

Mount the root partition. Note: If sda2 is not found then try sdb2 instead.

mkdir /root/temp

mount /dev/sda2 /root/temp

export SHELL=/bin/bash

chroot /root/temp

This will take you to a different prompt. Then run the following command:

passwd admin

Type in the default password. You will be asked to confirm it.

Known Issues

When trying to the above step of โ€œpasswd adminโ€ and you are present with the error โ€œUnknown user โ€˜adminโ€™โ€ then vi /etc/passwd and add the following line to the list:

admin:x:0:0::/home/admin:/bin/bash

Testing๏ƒ

Login with the default username and password.