Roles can only be assumed by authorized users.

[D S]

Dear all,
for some unknown reason (!?), It could be due to my own mistake as well, I have been unable to log in as root to host VDI (solaris 10 that run VDA 3.2 hosted in Server Sun Ilom) for the past few days. I receive the following message:

"Roles can only be assumed by authorized users"

Since I connect remotely using Java 6 environment Java(NT) web start launcer GUI, specifically Booting in failsafe, mounted at /a, I deleted the "passwd" file in /a/etc/user_attr and /a/etc/shadow. I check hosts, nsswitch.conf. When I tried to change the password as "su," I received the message "Permission Denied."
Do you have any suggestions?
I kindly request your assistance in resolving this issue. Please let me know if there are any troubleshooting steps or solutions that I should try.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Best regards,
Dim

[OrangeFish9737]

Post by D S
Dear all,
for some unknown reason (!?), It could be due to my own mistake
as well, I have been unable to log in as root to host
VDI (solaris 10 that run VDA 3.2 hosted in Server Sun Ilom) for
"Roles can only be assumed by authorized users"
Since I connect remotely using Java 6 environment Java(NT) web
start launcer GUI, specifically Booting in failsafe, mounted at
/a, I deleted the "passwd" file in /a/etc/user_attr and
/a/etc/shadow. I check hosts, nsswitch.conf. When I tried to
change the password as "su," I received the message "Permission
Denied."

Was root a role or a user before this?

OF.

Post by D S
Do you have any suggestions?
I kindly request your assistance in resolving this issue. Please
let me know if there are any troubleshooting steps or solutions
that I should try.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Best regards,
Dim

[D S]

Post by OrangeFish9737
Was root a role or a user before this?
OF.

Goodmorning and thank you for your answer.

Yes, many years ago, same password.
booted at failsafe,
# su root
Return 30 01:41:31 su: 'su root' succeeded for root on /dev/console
#passwd
New password:
Permission Denied

[OrangeFish9737]

Post by D S

Post by OrangeFish9737
Was root a role or a user before this?
OF.

Goodmorning and thank you for your answer.
Yes, many years ago, same password.

Yes to which one -- root a role or root a user?

Post by D S
booted at failsafe,
# su root
Return 30 01:41:31 su: 'su root' succeeded for root on /dev/console
#passwd
Permission Denied

Let me see if I understand the sequence here:

You were unable to login as root-the-role;
you booted into failsafe mode; and
you editted /etc/usr_attr and /etc/shadow -- what exactly did you edit?

You then rebooted into failsafe but are unable to change the password.
(Is /etc/passwd writable?)

OF