Privilege password for SMS

Product		Brisque 4, Brisque Serve 4
Platform		6F1
Operating system		AIX 4.3.3

Symptoms		A 'privilege password' preventing access to all boot menus

Cause		A 'privilege password' preventing access to all boot menus, even the service processor. Nobody put it in by intention. We found out later that it was by accident, which is inherent in the structure of the SMS menu: If you press '1' during boot you will get the SMS menu. If you keep on pushing the '1' you will enter the password menu (no need to press <enter>), and without even mentioning it you have set a password string consisting of as many '1' as you pressed. If you panic and try to exit without knowing what you do, this will be saved,

Solution		The only way out is to remove the battery from the main board for >30sec, then you get rid of the password, the boot sequence and the date/time settings which have to be redone. (read the service manual for details)

Technical contact(s)		Lev Weissman
Submitted by		Lev Weissman
Date submitted		18 Feb 2002