1 Feb
2018
1 Feb
'18
8:20 p.m.
I like the idea of creating an image before something could screwup what is
on the disk.
dd is your friend
-pete
On Feb 1, 2018 7:28 PM, "Tapley, Mark via cctech" <cctech at
classiccmp.org>
wrote:
On Feb 1, 2018, at 2:32 PM, ethan at 757.org wrote:
> Is there a standard procedure for
recovering lost passwords for
these systems, or for resetting passwords? I do have
physical access to the
machine; it?s possible I can find an AIX install disk but it?s *highly*
desirable to preserve the contents of the existing hard drive.
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?
This is how I used to reset my root password on my Lucent Audix UNIX
host.
YMMV, others might have more insight.
Update, I did locate a CD saying ?AIX V4.2.1 for 5765-C34? and this URL:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1000366
which may be what I need. I?ll try this ASAP, hopefully tomorrow, and
report what happens.
Thanks, and any more ideas welcome!