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Re: Recover SCO UNIX root password
From: Jason Bridge <jason.bridge () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:53:00 -0500
I have tried this and it works: Edit /mnt/etc/passwd. The first line will be your root line, such as root:encryptedpasswordgoeshere:0:0:God,Everywhere:/:/bin/sh Edit out the encrypted password (don't touch anything else!) so that the line reads something like root::0:0:God,Everywhere:/:/bin/sh Save the file and shut down. Reboot from the hard drive. Your root password has now been removed, and you can reset it normally If you still need help mounting the volume try one of these: http://aplawrence.com/SCOFAQ/scotec1.html#downloadboot HTH Jason On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:33:33 -0500, Mandelcorn, Seymour <smandelcorn () bgr umd edu> wrote:
I am trying to recover or reset the root password from a SCO Unix setup. I have the system but I do not have the startup disks. I tried booting from Slackware but was unable to mount the partition. I think the filesystem type is vxfs. Any advice? Seymour
Current thread:
- Recover SCO UNIX root password Mandelcorn, Seymour (Dec 22)
- Re: Recover SCO UNIX root password Jason Bridge (Dec 29)
- Re: Recover SCO UNIX root password xyberpix (Dec 29)
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- RE: Recover SCO UNIX root password Andrew Shore (Dec 29)
- RE: Recover SCO UNIX root password Mandelcorn, Seymour (Dec 30)