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Depending on the TYPE of drive, you could attach it to another system and patch the sectors containing /etc/passwd to hold a dummy password file. If it is SCSI, it is easy to attach to any system, not mount the drive (the filesystem probably isn't compatible), and read/write it through the raw device interface. In my younger (more than the statute of limitations :) days, I hacked the root account be reading the entire raw device (/dev/ra0a) and tweaking someones user account to have no password and root privledges. The /etc/passwd file showed up in three different places, so I assume it was shadowed, but I patched the shadows as well... IE: joes:ASDFADSFASDFA:1020:1001:Joe J. Schmuck:/usr/home/joes:/bin/csh is changed to: joes::0:0:This is to make the leng the same:/usr/home/joes:/bin/csh Or pasted in an encrypted password you already have... Reinstall the disk into the HP and boot it up. clint On Sun, 19 Sep 1999 jeff.kaneko(a)juno.com wrote: