Ultrix root password

From: Brian Roth <broth_at_heathers.stdio.com>
Date: Mon Apr 1 20:55:28 2002

That did the trick.....

Thank you for all that responded.

Brian.




On Monday 01 April 2002 06:52 pm, you wrote:
> From: Brian Roth <broth_at_heathers.stdio.com>
>
> >The MV's have Ultrix on them and boot fine BUT.....
> >
> >
> >Is there an easy way to bust the root password for Ultrix on the
>
> console?
>
>
> Yes.
>
> Boot to non-timesharing then use ED (sorry no other choice usually)
> to edit passwd file. set the Root user password to NULL (no characters).
> boot to timeshare level and then log in as root with no password.
>
> My ultrix manuals are burried or I'd give more detail.
>
> Allison
Received on Mon Apr 01 2002 - 20:55:28 BST