11 Apr
2002
11 Apr
'02
2:52 p.m.
From: "Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner"
<spc(a)conman.org>
Subject: Re: Ultrix root password
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:10:33 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0204111011480.68023-100000(a)spaz.catonic.net> from
"Kris Kirby" at Apr 11, 2002 10:12:17 AM
It was thus said that the Great Kris Kirby once stated:
You are probably thinking of "ex". But "ed" is a proper subset of
"ex".
The classic answer to the question "point me to a guide" is
$ man ed
executed on any Unix or Unix-like system. If you don't have one of
those running, you can try, with your favorite web browser, a Google
search with the key words: unix man ed
carl
On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, ajp166 wrote:
Isn't it like vi, only without being full screen, and without prompts?
-spc (Or am I thinking of ex?) Boot to non-timesharing then use ED (sorry no
other choice usually)
to edit passwd file. set the Root user password to NULL (no characters).
boot to timeshare level and then log in as root with no password.
For those of us "young'uns", would someone point me to a guide on
"ED"?