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?
Pat, many older *nix's allow you boot into single user mode without a
password, giving you a shell prompt on the system console. At that point,
/etc is probably mounted as part of /. You should be able to change or
surgically remove the password with passwd|ed|vi. If it has a boot prompt
on the way up, try entering "-s" or hitting "?". --Patrick