20 Sep
1999
20 Sep
'99
1:33 a.m.
You can boot the system in single user mode, remount / as read/write, then
use the passwd command to change the password. Reboot in multiuser, and you
should be ok.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Pechter <pechter(a)pechter.dyndns.org>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: HP/UX, Passwords, and Rock 'n Roll.
Guys:
I just scored a HP 9000/340 (I think), and the hard drive
has HP/UX loaded on it. I don't know the root password,
of course. Anybody know of a way to break into this, or
should I wipe it and start over?
Jeff
One possibility is booting up NetBSD or OpenBSD and using
vi to blank out the password fields or using it to create a user
account with no password and a SUID copy of a Unix shell.
Bill
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