I'd think you could kill the server (since you can't shut it down
nicely with halt), and then start up in console mode.  That
should let you upd admin and change the password...

Pat Wilson
paw AT dartmouth DOT edu

>  Apologies for the newbie ignorance in advance - I am a
>  recently appointed sysadmin (AIX v.4.3.2).  The
>  previous sysadmin departed without turning over
>  selected passwords, including the ADSM admin password.
>   Is there any way of recovering this password, or
>  another password sufficiently powerful to change it,
>  short of re-installing the whole of ADSM on the
>  server?
>  I realize that this may seem like a crude attempt at a
>  hack, but any solution involving root password
>  knowledge would be just fine.
>
>  Thanks
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