[CCTALK] DEC Unix (Break-in) DIgital Dec3000/500 Flamingo

From: David Woyciesjes <DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
Date: Wed May 15 13:14:32 2002

> From: Truthan,Larry
>
> Ethan Dicks wrote:
> >
> > >I'm trying to break into (my own) DEC Alpha running Digital Unix
> V3.2...
>
>
> COINCIDENTLY: I was trying to break into a DEC 3000/500 system I
> inherited
> from a launched development project here at OCLC.
>
> Rick Murphy's post also got me into single user mode on my system, But
> unlike you I haven't a Clue on how to edit the password files now that I
> am
> In.
>
> I had almost sent off for NetBSD for the Flamingo, but reading thier
> list
> I could not have used the console or Mouse that is on this system.
>
> My system has Digital Unix V4.0D (rev 878) May 5 1998
>
> During the Boot the system changes Fonts and goes to 1280X1024 Mode
>
> My system has 224 MBytes of Ram 2 RZ25 drives, one RZ26 drive, one RRD42
> cd drive and a TLZ06 tape transport. It also has the DEC lance ethernet
> installed.
>
>
> So how do I edit the root password from here? This is my first foray
> into
> unix admin....
>
# passwd

...is the command. Look into vipw also... But be careful in that one...

BTW, you can get X running on a NetBSD loaded DEC3000. If you search through
the mail archives for port-Alpha/netBSD, you should find some info on how to
do it...

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