Permission denied, please try again on AIX7 WPAR

Created a new WPAR like this:

mkwpar -A -s -l -n aix7-a
chfs -a size=5G /wpars/aix7-a/home
chfs -a size=20G /wpars/aix7-a/opt
chfs -a size=5G /wpars/aix7-a/tmp
chwpar -N address=172.16.80.36 netmask=255.255.0.0  interface=en0 aix7-a

Tried to login after the WPAR was booted using SSH

bash-4.2# ssh 172.16.80.36
root@172.16.80.36's password:
Permission denied, please try again.
root@172.16.80.36's password:

This happens because the newly created WPAR's root doesn't have a password or maybe it just resets it.
Here's what you do


clogin aix7-a

bash-4.2# passwd root
Changing password for "root"
root's New password:
Enter the new password again:

Now ssh to the WPAR should work.