If you look at the OpenVMS FAQ, it describes the procedure for resetting the system password from the console port. I did it for my VAXserver 4000/300 :-) and it worked like a charm. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html>

On 13/11/06 08:41, "Rod Smallwood" <RodSmallwood at mail.ediconsulting.co.uk> wrote: 3.2? I'd have thought 5.2 perhaps. Richard's already mentioned the VMS FAQ but here's the procedure in a nutshell: Shutdown or halt the system to get the >>> enter 'B/1 DIAx' to get to the SYSBOOT> prompt (DIAx is the boot disk) enter 'set uafalt 1' followed by 'cont'. Remember to press return after each one. After the system's booted you can log in as anything, it'll prompt for 2 passwords but just hit return. enter 'set proc/priv=all' enter 'set def sys$system' enter 'define sysuaf sys$system:sysuaf.dat' enter 'mc authorize' to get the UAF> prompt enter 'mo system/pass=password/nopwdlif' Enter 'exit' Enter 'mc sysgen' to get the SYSGEN> prompt Enter 'use current' Enter 'set uafalt 0' Enter 'write current' Enter 'exit' Enter '@sys$system:shutdown 0 shutdown yes no later yes none' to reboot Log in as system! Obviously there may be problems of a system password with no expiry (the '/nopwdlif' switch) if the machine is connected to the web, but by and large if the machine's connected to the web the system account is disabled anyway. -- Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer collection?