Brian,
Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll try them. I bought the 7300 at a
trift store so I don't have any of the disks or documentation or know any
of the account names. I expect a rescue disk may be required. hint! hint!
Thanks for the URL of your webpage I certainly check it out.
Joe
At 10:45 AM 2/20/98 -0600, you wrote:
>In message <34ECD824.2F193E8B_at_cnct.com>, gram_at_cnct.com writes:
>>Joe wrote:
>>
>>> Do you know anything about the AT&T 7300? I picked up one yesterday.
>>> It has ver 3.51 onn it but it's looking for a password. Is there a way
>>> around that or a default password?
>>
>>Your best bet is to see whether the "install" account is passworded.
>>By default it isn't, and that account can change the root password.
>>If there is _any_ account that can login, there are enough setuid
>>root components in the user agent that there will probably be a way
>>to get root authority. Unless it's a system that was owned by a
>>bastard like me who tracked down and "fixed" (like a veterinarian
>>with a tomcat) all of the security holes.
>
>Install really is your best bet. But failing that, try the account
>tutor. It often doesn't have a password either. From that or any
>other normal user account, send mail to yourself. When the envelope
>icon appears in the top status bar, click it to bring up the message.
>Now shell out of the mail program (using the !) and you should
>have a root prompt. If you can't get into any user account, then
>you should look into getting a set of the installation media. There
>are folks who sell them periodically on comp.sys.3b1. You might
>also get able to get someone to make up a rescue boot disk that will
>let you mount the hard disk and edit the password file with ed if
>you ask nicely. I'd also invite you to peruse my 3b1/7300 web page
>at http://www.mathcs.rhodes.edu/~stuart/3b1/3b1.html.
>
>Brian L. Stuart
>
Received on Sat Feb 21 1998 - 11:25:23 GMT