The way I broke into my VS3100 went something like this: SYSBOOT> SET/STARTUP OPA0: SYSBOOT> SET WRITESYSPARAMS 0 SYSBOOT>C $ SPAWN $ @SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP $ SET DEFAULT SYS$SYSTEM $ RUN AUTHORIZE UAF> MODIFY SYSTEM/PASSWORD=YOURPASSWORD UAF> EXIT $ @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN When you reboot, you should get the username/password prompt and will be prompted to change your password after you log in. I used this to get into my VS3100, before I got the hobbyist license through DECUS... Hope this helps, Aaron Aaron C. Finney Systems Administrator WFI Incorporated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "UNIX is an exponential algorithm with a seductively small constant." --> Scott Draves