Saw this thread some months back but did'nt have an N40 then. Now I've picked up a couple at auction and having the same problem, namely systems come up to a login prompt and I don't have account/password. The original poster was able to work around by reloading the OS. But since I dont have the AIX3.2 distro it comes back to the original question, how to get into single user mode/root to be able to open a new user account? I've googled the net but little is out there about the N40. I'm a AIX/unix newbie so any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks - nick oliviero