Re: Recover SCO UNIX root password
From: Jason Bridge (jason.bridge_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/28/04
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Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:53:00 -0500 To: "Mandelcorn, Seymour" <smandelcorn@bgr.umd.edu>
I have tried this and it works:
Edit /mnt/etc/passwd. The first line will be your root line, such as
root:encryptedpasswordgoeshere:0:0:God,Everywhere:/:/bin/sh
Edit out the encrypted password (don't touch anything else!) so that
the line reads something like
root::0:0:God,Everywhere:/:/bin/sh
Save the file and shut down. Reboot from the hard drive. Your root
password has now been removed, and you can reset it normally
If you still need help mounting the volume try one of these:
http://aplawrence.com/SCOFAQ/scotec1.html#downloadboot
HTH
Jason
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:33:33 -0500, Mandelcorn, Seymour
<smandelcorn@bgr.umd.edu> wrote:
> I am trying to recover or reset the root password from a SCO Unix setup. I
> have the system but I do not have the startup disks. I tried booting from
> Slackware but was unable to mount the partition. I think the filesystem type
> is vxfs. Any advice?
>
> Seymour
>
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