Also depends on the file system I don't own a next so don't know if its standard ufs file system to properly mount. I had that problem with irix machines and a lack of bootable media with support for ifs or whatever it was. I ended up editing the disk directly, finding the root: string and overwriting it with a known md5 hash. Not the worst time spent but certainly could save someone else from the frustration. ------Original Message------ From: Ryan K. Brooks Sender: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org To: cctalk at classiccmp.org ReplyTo: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Next box with 1991 web page(s) password protected Sent: May 24, 2013 4:01 PM On 5/24/13 3:18 PM, Jim Stephens wrote: Boot into single user and crack the unshadowed passwords. Or mount the disk elsewhere and do the same.