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HP ProLiant Servers - How to Reset the HP ILO Inband Root/Administrator Password in Linux

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How to reset the HP ILO Inband root/Administrator password in Linux.

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Use the hponcfg command to reset the HP ILO Inband password.
  1. Check if the package is already installed or not using the below command.


    # rpm -qf /sbin/hponcfg   
    hponcfg-1.9.0-3    

  2. List/Check the content of the package.


    # rpm -ql hponcfg-1.9.0-3   
    /sbin/hponcfg     

  3. Create a xml file like below or user can copy the same content and change the “newpass” to users password.


    # vi passwd_reset_ilo.xml     
    # cat passwd_reset_ilo.xml   
    <ribcl version="2.0">   
    <login user_login="Administrator" password="boguspassword">   
    <user_info mode="write">    
    <mod_user user_login="Administrator">     
    <password value="newpass">    
    </password>   
    </mod_user>   
    </user_info>   
    </login>  #       

  4. Run the below command to reset the Administrator password.


    #  hponcfg -f passwd_reset_ilo.xml -l log.txt     
    Firmware Revision = 1.92 Device type = iLO Driver name = hpilo   

    Script succeeded. User will receive the succeed message which means the command ran successfully and user can login with the new password.
  5. How to reset the root password.
    Repeat steps 3 and 4 by resetting the USER_LOGIN value to “root” in the xml file as given below.


    # vi passwd_reset_ilo.xml     
    # cat passwd_reset_ilo.xml   
    <ribcl version="2.0">   
    <login user_login="Administrator" password="boguspassword">   
    <user_info mode="write">    
    <mod_user user_login="root">     
    <password value="root123">    
    </password>   
    </mod_user>   
    </user_info>   
    </login>     

    Run the below command to reset the root password.

    #  hponcfg -f passwd_reset_ilo.xml -l log.txt   
    Firmware Revision = 1.92 Device type = iLO Driver name = hpilo   
    Script succeeded 
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