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The Admin-User's Login is ''QSECOFR'', the default password likewise.<ref>On OS Releases after V4, the case is important: QSECOFR ≠ qsecofr.</ref> | The Admin-User's Login is ''QSECOFR'', the default password likewise.<ref>On OS Releases after V4, the case is important: QSECOFR ≠ qsecofr.</ref> | ||
This admin user profile exists '''twice''' on the system: Within the OS, and in the Dedicated Service Tools, or | This admin user profile exists '''twice''' on the system: Within the OS, and in the Dedicated Service Tools, or short ''DST''.<ref>Almost but not exactly like a PC's BIOS.</ref> From experience, the DST password is most often left to the default password value, ''QSECOFR''.<ref>Starting with OS Release V5, DST password is ''case sensitive'', so take care.</ref> | ||
Without reinstall, it's possible to | Without reinstall, it's possible to | ||
* reset the DST password via an OS command, | * reset the DST password via an OS command, | ||
* reset the OS password via DST. | * reset the OS password via DST, | ||
* reset the OS password via another, known OS-User with appropriate authority.<ref>And a known password, of course!</ref> | |||
== Locked User Profile == | == Locked User Profile == | ||
In addition to a unavailable password, there's also the possibility that | In addition to a unavailable password, there's also the possibility that QSECOFR's user profile itself is locked. A recovery from this condition is only possible | ||
* by using the system console, in manual mode, | |||
* via another, known User with appropriate Rights. | |||
== Weblinks == | == Weblinks == | ||
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* [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/qsecofr-password-service-tools-disabled QSECOFR Password for Service Tools is Disabled] | * [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/qsecofr-password-service-tools-disabled QSECOFR Password for Service Tools is Disabled] | ||
* [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/qsecofr-profile-disabled QSECOFR Profile is Disabled] | * [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/qsecofr-profile-disabled QSECOFR Profile is Disabled] | ||
* [https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/682935 Manual IPL] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 19:48, 9 June 2022
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If you inherited a machine from somewhere, most likely there's no default admin password set anymore, and the password saved on the system isn't known anymore. To get back in, you need to follow Recovery Procedures.
Basics
The Admin-User's Login is QSECOFR, the default password likewise.[1]
This admin user profile exists twice on the system: Within the OS, and in the Dedicated Service Tools, or short DST.[2] From experience, the DST password is most often left to the default password value, QSECOFR.[3]
Without reinstall, it's possible to
- reset the DST password via an OS command,
- reset the OS password via DST,
- reset the OS password via another, known OS-User with appropriate authority.[4]
Locked User Profile
In addition to a unavailable password, there's also the possibility that QSECOFR's user profile itself is locked. A recovery from this condition is only possible
- by using the system console, in manual mode,
- via another, known User with appropriate Rights.
Weblinks
- Resetting OS/400 QSECOFR Password Using DST - Version 5 and Higher
- QSECOFR Password for Service Tools is Disabled
- QSECOFR Profile is Disabled
- Manual IPL