Persistent bug in x6250 ELOM - changing password breaks blade

Has anyone else been dealing with the problem in BMC v 4.0.36 and 4.0.45 where changing the root password from "changeme" (sic) to something else renders the blade unbootable? We've had to replace two blades due to this bug, and support seems not to be actively researching the issue. v.4.0.30 didn't have this problem.

Well, some good news at last. I think I solve the problem with BL0.
I loaded an older firmware with load command, at end it yeild the same error about not being able to write the BIOS, but rest of the firmware was loaded. Then I try to load back the actual one ..... and surprise this time the installation finished OK.
-> version
SP firmware 2.0.3.6
SP firmware build number: 36946
SP firmware date: Mon Sep 15 12:46:49 PDT 2008
SP filesystem version: 0.1.17
-> load -source tftp://128.90.43.111/ilom.X6250-2.0.3.6-r38189.pkg
NOTE: A firmware upgrade will cause the server and ILOM to
      be reset. It is recommended that a clean shutdown of
      the server be done prior to the upgrade procedure.
      An upgrade takes about 6 minutes to complete. ILOM
      will enter a special mode to load new firmware. No
      other tasks can be performed in ILOM until the
      firmware upgrade is complete and ILOM is reset.
Are you sure you want to load the specified file (y/n)? y
Do you want to preserve the configuration (y/n)? n
Firmware update is complete.
ILOM will now be restarted with the new firmware.
-> /sbin/reboot
login as: root
Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
Password:
Access denied
Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
Password:
Sun(TM) Integrated Lights Out Manager
Version 2.0.3.6
Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Warning: password is set to factory default.
-> version
SP firmware 2.0.3.6
SP firmware build number: 38189
SP firmware date: Thu Oct 16 03:27:04 CST 2008
SP filesystem version: 0.1.17

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KB

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yup, i change as the code as u suggested..the change password page run success but got bugs as below. i don't know the reason. please correct me though the coding. thanks!
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function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "")
if (PHP_VERSION < 6) {
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    case "long":
    case "int":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
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$editFormAction .= "?" . htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
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Changing password logic - old password, new password, retype password

I have a MainFrame class which has a Change Password button. The action for the button is:
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          aListener = new ActionListener() {
               public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                   ChangeMyPassword cmp = new ChangeMyPassword(
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                   cmp.dispose();
          changePasswordButton.addActionListener(aListener);When the user press the Change Password button, it pass control to the ChangeMyPassword class which as a submit button and a cancel button. When the user press the submit button, it should validate the old password (i.e. compare it to the password in the text file), validate the new password match the retype password:
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          ActionListener aListener = new ActionListener() {
               public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
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                    char[] pw = oldPasswordField.getPassword();
                    oldPassword = new String(pw).trim();
                    pw = newPasswordField.getPassword();
                    newPassword = new String(pw).trim();
                    pw = retypePasswordField.getPassword();
                    retypePassword = new String(pw).trim();
                    // Hide, but don't dispose of, this window ...
                    // we need to give the client code a chance to
                    // retrieve the user's typed response via
                    // the getPassword() method first.
                    ChangeMyPassword.this.setVisible(false);
          submitButton.addActionListener(aListener);I have a Student class which compare the old password with the password in the text file. The student class constructor takes the student id to identify which student text file it should call.
The problem is that the ChangeMyPassword does not know about student id (because I am getting these from the text field in MainFrame class). So how can I call the validatePassword method in Student class?
     public boolean validatePassword(String pw) {
          if (pw == null) return false;
          if (pw.equals(password)) return true;
          else return false;
     }

I don�t understand why it does not update the text file with the new password.
The submit button has the action in ChangeMyPassword class:
          // submit button
          ActionListener aListener = new ActionListener() {
               public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                    // Retrieve the password.
                    char[] pw = oldPasswordField.getPassword();
                    oldPassword = new String(pw).trim();
                    pw = newPasswordField.getPassword();
                    newPassword = new String(pw).trim();
                    pw = retypePasswordField.getPassword();
                    retypePassword = new String(pw).trim();
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                             theStudent.setPassword(getNewPassword());
                             // Let the user know that the
                             // password succeeded.
                             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                              "Password change successfully.",
                              "Password Changed",
                              JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
                        }else{
                             JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                                        "You have used an invalid user name or password; please try again.",
                                        "Authentication failed",
                                        JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
                   }else{
                        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                                   "You have used an invalid user name or password; please try again.",
                                   "Authentication failed",
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                    // Hide, but don't dispose of, this window ...
                    // we need to give the client code a chance to
                    // retrieve the user's typed response via
                    // the getPassword() method first.
                    ChangeMyPassword.this.setVisible(false);
          submitButton.addActionListener(aListener);Validate password method in Student class:
     public boolean validatePassword(String pw) {
          if (pw == null) return false;
          if (pw.equals(password)) return true;
          else return false;
     }Validate change password method in ChangeMyPassword class:
     public boolean validateChangePassword(){
          if(newPassword.equals(retypePassword))return true;
          else return false;
     }When the user press the Change Password button the action performed in the MainFrame class is:
          // Change password
          aListener = new ActionListener() {
               public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                    String id = ssnField.getText();
                   ChangeMyPassword cmp = new ChangeMyPassword(MainFrame.this, id);
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                   cmp.dispose();
          changePasswordButton.addActionListener(aListener);Now remember that I set the password that should be written in ChangeMyPassword class as you can see above. Now that I called the persist method, it should write all the details back to the text. For some reason it not doing that and I don�t understand why.
The persist method:
     public boolean persist() {
          FileOutputStream fos = null;
          PrintWriter pw = null;
          try {
               // Attempt to create the ssn.dat file. Note that
               // it will overwrite one if it already exists.
               fos = new FileOutputStream("C://Files//" + getSsn() + ".dat");
               pw = new PrintWriter(fos);
               // First, we output the header record as a tab-delimited
               // record.
               pw.println(getSsn() + "\t" + getName() + "\t" +
                       getMajor() + "\t" + getDegree() + "\t" + getPassword());
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               // the Student is enrolled in.
               for (int i = 0; i < attends.size(); i++) {
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                    pw.println(s.getFullSectionNo());
               pw.close();
               fos.close(); //? needed?
          catch (IOException e) {
               // Signal that an error has occurred.
               return false;
          // All is well!
          return true;
     }

Problem using reset_pw to change password

When sending out emails from HTMLDB using wwv_flow_fnd_user_api.reset_pw to change passwords HTMLDB used the email of the user as the from user. Our SMTP server will only allow valid users to send emails!
As a work-around we're updating the P_FROM column in WWV_FLOW_MAIL_QUEUE to a valid user if the email is stuck in the queue and then pushing then queue.
Anybody have a better solution?
Oracle, will you fix this "BUG"? and allow the from user to be specified as an optional parameter?
BTW: Many of the other email features are locked down in the email packages provided with HTMLDB. Could we get access to reply-to, error-to, from, and other email standard parameters?

Michael,
I might be missing something, but you say "our SMTP server will only allow valid users to send emails". So if your SMTP server has this limitation, is not a null From message header also an invalid e-mail address?
I just tried a test using the UTL_SMTP package (which is employed by HTML DB). I initiated a message to an SMTP server which did not validate the From field and it went through. I did a second message, identical to the first one with a bogus From address, and sent it to another SMTP server and it was rejected with "SMTP permanent error: 553 5.5.4 zzzz... Domain name required for sender address zzzz". I believe this error message is coming back from the SMTP server, it is not an Oracle creation.
On a separate note, if this is the reset password functionality and you are 1) using the same address for the "To" and the "From", and 2) this is the e-mail address that the user will received their reset password, if the e-mail address is bogus in the first place, how would the user ever receive this e-mail?
Joel

If someone has wiped my ipad and changed passwords on icloud how do i get my data back

if someone has wiped my ipad and changed passwords on icloud how do i get my data back? please could someone help me out thanks

How did they wipe it? By using Find My iPad and performing a wipe? If so, that means they have your icloud ID and password, not a good thing.
You could try connecting it to iTunes and performing a restore from iCloud. But if they changed password, then you are out of the loop. How did they get your password in order to change it?

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