IRIX 5.3 and resetting root password - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

28 Jun 2004

On Jun 28, 23:07, Jochen Kunz wrote:
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  On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:03:39 +0000
 Jules Richardson &lt;julesrichardsonuk(a)yahoo.co.uk&gt; wrote:

 > Problem there is that the system disk for which I do have full access
...
  > is only IRIX 4.0.5 - the 'new' system
disk for which I don't have any
...
   passwords is
IRIX 5.3.  Suboptimal.

 > 1) System is trying to use some authentication other than /etc/passwd
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   and
/etc/shadow. What other authentication methods existed for IRIX
 5.3?  NIS / YP? What is configured in /etc/nsswitch.conf?
 Are there any other network services configured? NFS / automount? 
Entries at the top of /etc/password override NIS, and NIS doesn't
bother with /etc/shadow but does check /etc/passwd.  /etc/nsswitch.conf
doesn't exist in IRIX 5.3, so that's not it either.

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York