2 Feb
2018
2 Feb
'18
12:49 p.m.
I had this experience with a Tadpole N40, running AIX 3.
I simply DD'ed the drive, took the image...
$ strings aix-machine.img | grep root:
...to get the password line.
Dump that into a passwd file and run john (the password cracker utility) on
it for a couple days.
I don't think Linux can mount the early AIX filesystems directly.
On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:24 PM, r.stricklin via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On Feb 1, 2018, at 7:28 PM, Tapley, Mark via cctech wrote:
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Ian Finder
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> Image the hard drive off to a raw file using
a linux host with a SCSI
HBA?
>
> Once that is done, it might be possible to run a hex editor against the
hard
drive (one that doesn't copy the contents into RAM) and then search
for the password file. From there you can copy the des hash and use rainbow
tables / wordfiles to crack it or replace it with a known DES hash?
You don't need to do any of these things.
Update, I did locate a CD saying ?AIX V4.2.1 for
5765-C34? and this URL:
All you need is this disk. You can boot it, and use it to start a
maintenance shell, from which you can mount the root filesystem and edit
the password file(s) directly. The procedure you found will get you there,
easily.
ok
bear.
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until further notice