Folks,
Please note the addendum to the summary <included below>, I was updated with
a bit more info, just after posting the original summary and felt it imprortant enough
to include here.
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
>>> RONALD DUFRESNE <DUFRESNE.RONALD_at_epamail.epa.gov> 03/31/00 08:09am >>>
I'd like to thank al that responded to my request for help in resetting the root password on this box and regaining
control over it.
To sum up:
Crash the machine. If it is set to auto reboot, try doing
a control-C during the boot process to halt it in an attempt
to reach the >>> boot prompt.
Then type "boot -fl s" to come up in single-user mode.
Type "bcheckrc" to mount everything.
You should then be able to edit the passwd file.
-- Roger Spaulding
Additional:
# /sbin/bcheckrc
This mounts all of your filesystems in read/write mode.
If you don't want to do that right off, you can just re-mount root with
write permissions, like so:
# mount -u /
-- John P Speno
And:
ALWAYS have your Alpha's behind a locked door. Here is why:
To change the root password if you don't know it, do the following:
boot to single user mode (power off the box if you don't have the ability to
"init s")
mount -a (this will mount all of your filesystems, though "mount -u /" and
mounting /usr would suffice)
passwd
Then you've got a new root password.
-- John Losey
addendum:
in the future, you might want to set the PROM password. This will disable
unauthorized people from issuing promiscous boot commands at the boot monitor.
Of course if you forget that password you are sorta screwed.
-- Mark Logan
Again, many thanks to all that replied so quickly!
Ron DuFresne
Received on Fri Mar 31 2000 - 19:43:00 NZST