Reset “root” user password with Dell iDRAC

# racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminPassword -i 2 “calvin”
Object value modified successfully

Verify ok:

# racadm -r idrac_ip_address -u root -p calvin getconfig -g cfgUserAdmin -i1
Security Alert: Certificate is invalid – self signed certificate
Continuing execution. Use -S option for racadm to stop execution on certificate-related errors.
# cfgUserAdminIndex=1
cfgUserAdminUserName=
# cfgUserAdminPassword=******** (Write-Only)
cfgUserAdminEnable=0
cfgUserAdminPrivilege=0×00000000
cfgUserAdminIpmiLanPrivilege=4
cfgUserAdminIpmiSerialPrivilege=15
cfgUserAdminSolEnable=0

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