HP/UX, Passwords, and Rock 'n Roll.

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org>
Date: Mon Sep 20 06:35:20 1999

>
> Guys:
>
> I just scored a HP 9000/340 (I think), and the hard drive
> has HP/UX loaded on it. I don't know the root password,
> of course. Anybody know of a way to break into this, or
> should I wipe it and start over?
>
>
> Jeff

One possibility is booting up NetBSD or OpenBSD and using
vi to blank out the password fields or using it to create a user
account with no password and a SUID copy of a Unix shell.

Bill

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Received on Mon Sep 20 1999 - 06:35:20 BST