You could try to use tftp to get into the machine. AFAIK, tftp was not
disabled and you could extract the '/etc/passwd' file and use a cracker
to decode the root password. These older system 5 Unixes did have the
password in this file.
Ed
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
>
> >From the login prompt, it's obviously an NCR Tower XP. And, it looks like
> the system is booting just fine, I just need to hit a key to get it to
> show a login: prompt.
>
> Now for the problem: I have no idea what any of the passwords are on the
> machine. Searching comp.os.unisys and comp.os.ncr bring no useful
> results. The only non-pasworded account on the machine (that I can find so
> far) seems to be 'startup'. Any ideas on how to 'break in' without an OS
> install floppy/tape?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> -- Pat
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