Re: Alphastation 200 login (Wayne S)
On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 11:25 AM Wayne S via cctech wrote: > > I should have specifically said it’s Windows Nt. Issue is that it’s an > Alpha so can’t use the usual software to change or remove the password > unless there’s an Alpha version. Best suggestion so far is to use a version > of Unix that runs on Alpha and rename the SAM file. Or maybe try attaching the boot drive to an x86 system and try using the usual Windows NT password reset tools? (e.g. chntpw Live CD) I have no idea if all of the file systems and data file formats are identical enough between x86 and Alpha versions of Windows NT. Would probably be a good idea to make a backup image of the boot drive before using any tools to modify its contents.
Re: Alphastation 200 login (Wayne S)
On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 10:45 AM Craig Ruff via cctech wrote: > > > On May 18, 2022, at 11:00, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: > > > > Got my Alphastation to boot but i can?t logon because i don?t the > > administrator password? Any ideas on how to get past that? > > For VMS, if I recall correctly, you set the boot R5 register to 1. Then > obviously the reset of the administrator user password is also OS dependent. Here's one example description of how to do that with OpenVMS. https://web.archive.org/web/20151122033453/http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/204
Re: Alphastation 200 login (Wayne S)
clues if your Alpha uses VMS https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=610 Clues if DEC UNIX https://www.vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=679 b On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 1:45 PM Craig Ruff via cctech wrote: > > > > On May 18, 2022, at 11:00, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: > > > > Got my Alphastation to boot but i can?t logon because i don?t the > > administrator password? Any ideas on how to get past that? > > It depends on the OS installed. For Unix-style OS you need to figure out the > single user boot mode, which may mean passing "-s" or "single" in the boot > arguments from the ROM. For VMS, if I recall correctly, you set the boot R5 > register to 1. Then obviously the reset of the administrator user password is > also OS dependent.
Re: Alphastation 200 login (Wayne S)
I should have specifically said it’s Windows Nt. Issue is that it’s an Alpha so can’t use the usual software to change or remove the password unless there’s an Alpha version. Best suggestion so far is to use a version of Unix that runs on Alpha and rename the SAM file. Sent from my iPhone > On May 18, 2022, at 10:45, Craig Ruff via cctech > wrote: > > >> On May 18, 2022, at 11:00, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: >> >> Got my Alphastation to boot but i can?t logon because i don?t the >> administrator password? Any ideas on how to get past that? > > It depends on the OS installed. For Unix-style OS you need to figure out the > single user boot mode, which may mean passing "-s" or "single" in the boot > arguments from the ROM. For VMS, if I recall correctly, you set the boot R5 > register to 1. Then obviously the reset of the administrator user password is > also OS dependent.
Re: Alphastation 200 login (Wayne S)
> On May 18, 2022, at 11:00, cctech-requ...@classiccmp.org wrote: > > Got my Alphastation to boot but i can?t logon because i don?t the > administrator password? Any ideas on how to get past that? It depends on the OS installed. For Unix-style OS you need to figure out the single user boot mode, which may mean passing "-s" or "single" in the boot arguments from the ROM. For VMS, if I recall correctly, you set the boot R5 register to 1. Then obviously the reset of the administrator user password is also OS dependent.
