Root password files SUN, AIX, LINUX (Redhat) and HP-UX

Root password files SUN, AIX, LINUX (Redhat) and HP-UX

The password files information. It is not the task of DBA but sometimes the knowledge of Unix administration task help us to do the activities in effective manner .
Password file information of root :-

Operating system Sun Solaris :-  /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow 

Operating system AIX :- /etc/passwd and /etc/passwd/security

Operating System Linux :- /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow

Operating System HP-UX :- /etc/passwd and /tcb/files/auth/r/root

Being a DBA we need to have good idea about unix important files .

Sun Solaris :-

boot cdrom -s
mkdir /tmp/a
mount the cd using mount /dev/<Device>    /tmp/a
vi /tmp/a/etc/shadow

AIX

boot from cdrom or tape installation/Mantienance
start limited shell
getrootfs hd1sk0
vi /etc/security/passwd

Linux

If it LILO (Linux  Loader) its a bootstrap program  then we have  the follow the below steps :-
lilo
Control -x
linux  s
passwd root
If it GRUB (Grans Unified Bootloader) then
grub
c
kernel vmlinuz-2.4.9-13 single  ro root=/dev/hda8 initrd  /initrd-2.4.9-13.img boot
passwd root

HP-UX

boot interact with ipl ? Y
isl->hpux- iS
passwd root