Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I have a SGI O2 running IRIX 6.5, i dont have the installer cd, and i > cant > login as root, because dont have the <#password>, how do i reset the > password
We used to do "backdoor"ing into our DEC Alpha 2000 systems, whenever we forget the root password. I believe that the method we used before can be modified to work with any Unix system. Try to get into the monitor (cmos) program, the program in rom that boots the IRIX system. You will probably need to read the SGI monitor documentation. While in the monitor program, you can boot single-user, similar to "linux single" for Intel-RedHat systems. When you have successfully entered IRIX in single user mode, the partition containing /usr will probably not have been mounted yet, so the only tools you can use are those in /bin. Fortunately, /bin/ed is usually available, so you can use that to edit /etc/passwd. ( or is it /etc/shadow? ), by removing the root password. Then you can reboot the system normally. P~Manalastas -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
