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Lost root and swinst password R12 How can I recover

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Lost root and swinst password R12 How can I recover

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How can I recover or changed root and swinst password in an OXE R12
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At the boot, edit the grub start, and edit the kernel line with "single" then boot.
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Re: Lost root and swinst password R12 How can I recover

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Hello

Did you soilve this issue. I have the same and I just cannot edit the Grub line (no "e" option). I can do it on a virtual machine but not on CS2 or CS3
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Re: Lost root and swinst password R12 How can I recover

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Hi
For everybody's info, since R100 it is not possible to edit grub anymore.
R&D locked it, and they have it password protected. Password, which is unknown.
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