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Update the Hashed Password Variable

When a NIM client is imaged, the IBM AIX installer creates an empty root password. To specify a root password, update the ca_post_install.sh script file. Set the hashed password (DES format), and update the HASH_PASSWORD variable for NIM clients to use.

Note: The ca_post_install.sh script file has a default hash password that translates to the plaintext value of admin.

Follow these steps:

1. Access a system that is configured with the password with which to configure your NIM clients.
2. Change to the /etc/security directory and open the passwd file.

   The hashed root password entry in the passwd file resembles the following:

   root:
   	password = YmB7AkapuLf8/s
   

3. Copy the hashed root password, change to the install_path/imaging/etc directory, and open the ca_post_install.sh script file.
4. Paste the password into the HASH_PASSWORD variable in the ca_post_install.sh script file.
5. Save the file and exit.