RE: OFF TOPIC -UNIX

From: <DDORR_at_cedelglobalservices.com>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 16:10:49 +0200
Message-Id: <10500.105846@fatcity.com>

On older versions of SCO I used to work, I could boot from a floppy = disk,
mount the / filesystem and blank the root's passwd entry in /etc/passwd = or
/etc/shadow.

Should still work in Openserver 5

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> In IBM AIX (i think in many other Unix(s)), if you forgot the root
> password, you should reboot the machine in maintenance mode on a =
media
> where there is a boot image (the UNIX installation CD, a bootable =
tape,
> another machine available in the network, ...), mount the filesystems =
/,
> /usr, /etc, /tmp and, then, change the root password (command =
passwd).

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