This may have the answer. AIX was certainly in version 4 at that point, so this should work.
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1000366 On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:28 PM, Tapley, Mark via cctech <cct...@classiccmp.org> wrote: > All, > I’m trying to resurrect an AIX workstation that may well contain > useful information for the NASA IMAGE spacecraft. > The system is an IBM RiscSystem/6000 43P-140 according to the badge > on the front (which I think is reasonably accurate). > It’s running a version of AIX from ~1997 or 1998. It does boot to the > GUI login prompt. > > Is there a standard procedure for recovering lost passwords for these > systems, or for resetting passwords? I do have physical access to the > machine; it’s possible I can find an AIX install disk but it’s *highly* > desirable to preserve the contents of the existing hard drive. > > Apologies in advance if this is posted somewhere obvious, I have not > done my google homework so a pointer may be all I need. > - Mark > 210-522-6025 office > 210-379-4635 cell > -- -Jon +44 7792 149029
