Users Guide

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6. At the root prompt, enter usermod -s /bin/bash linuxadmin to enable the linuxadmin user.
root@OS10: /# usermod -s /bin/bash linuxadmin
7. Verify the linuxadmin password status by entering the passwd -S linuxadmin command.
If the password is locked, L is displayed following linuxadmin in the command output. Unlock the password by entering
the passwd -u linuxadmin command.
root@OS10:~# passwd -S linuxadmin
linuxadmin L 10/01/2018 0 99999 7 -1
root@OS10:~# passwd -u linuxadmin
passwd: password expiry information changed.
8. If the OS10 version is 10.5.1.0, then run the following command.
root@OS10: /# sed -ibak '31,41s/^/#/g' /opt/dell/os10/
bin/recover_linuxadmin_password.sh
9. Configure the password by using the /opt/dell/os10/bin/recover_linuxadmin_password.sh plain-
password command. Enter the linuxadmin password in plain text.
root@OS10: /# /opt/dell/os10/bin/recover_linuxadmin_password.sh Dell@admin0!@
10. Enter the sync command to save the new password.
root@OS10: /# sync
11. Reboot the system, and then enter your new password.
root@OS10: /# reboot -f
Rebooting.[ 822.327073] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[ 822.340656] reboot: Restarting system
[ 822.344339] reboot: machine restart
BIOS (Dell Inc) Boot Selector
S6010-ON (SI) 3.20.0.3 (32-port TE/FG)
Recover OS10 user name password
If you lose or forget an OS10 user name password, including the admin password, you can recover it by following this
procedure.
1. Connect to the serial console port. The serial settings are 115200 baud, 8 data bits, and no parity.
2. Reboot or power up the system.
3. Accept the selected, default boot partition: OS10-A or OS10-B.
+-------------------------------------------+
|*OS10-A |
| OS10-B |
| ONIE |
+-------------------------------------------+
4. At the login prompt, enter the linuxadmin user name and password. You enter linuxadmin mode; for example:
s4048t-1 login: linuxadmin
Password:
Last login: Thu May 2 05:03:40 UTC 2019 on ttyS0
Linux s4048t-1 4.9.82 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.82-1+deb9u3 x86_64
The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Troubleshoot Dell EMC SmartFabric OS10
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