Apollo DN series HP root account

[Jules Richardson]

On 08/09/2015 07:39 PM, Bill Newman wrote:
> I have a vintage apollo question...
>
> In the late 1980's when HP acquired Apollo Computer Inc, I recall there was
> an HP root account, that shipped with every new machine.  In many cases
> this account was not removed.
>
> I recently acquired a DN3000 and to my amazement it was clean, and booted
> to an SR10.4 login prompt.  Does anybody remember that HP account and
> password?  Alternative cracks would be welcomed as well.

Bill,

First try user/<blank>, user/apollo and root/apollo ... failing that 
there's some info here about clearing the registry:

   http://web.mit.edu/kolya/www/csa-faq.html#4.24

I used to know quite a bit about these machines, but apparently it's all 
fallen out of my brain now :/

cheers

Jules