You can boot the system in single user mode, remount / as read/write, then
use the passwd command to change the password. Reboot in multiuser, and you
should be ok.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: HP/UX, Passwords, and Rock 'n Roll.
>>
>> 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
>
>---
> bpechter_at_shell.monmouth.com|pechter_at_pechter.dyndns.org
> Three things never anger: First, the one who runs your DEC,
> The one who does Field Service and the one who signs your check.
>
Received on Mon Sep 20 1999 - 08:33:44 BST