tr@samadams.princeton.edu (Tom Reingold) (07/18/90)
My coworker left for honeymoon and the root password has apparently
been changed. If it turns out to be he who changed it, he's gonna get
it.
I can't figure out how to boot in single user mode. I have a login
called "install" who has "system admin privileges" while in FACE. So
he can shutdown. But then booting comes back into multi user mode.
Other computers I used, i.e. Suns and Pyramids, had a monitor which you
could go into by hitting a key sequence on the console. From the
monitor, you could set boot flags for single user and other things.
How do I do the equivalent so I can get in and change the superuser
password?
This is in AT&T System V 3.2 on an AT&T 6386.
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Tom Reingold
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201-577-5814
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amount of coffee used." -Black&Deckerpeter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) (07/18/90)
Boot from the instalation floopy. Interrupt the install. Mount your hard drive manually. (/etc/mount /dev/dsk/0s1 /mnt) Edit the password file by hand. (/mnt/bin/ed /mnt/etc/passwd) Unmount the hard drive, shutdown (/etc/uadmin 2 0), and reboot. The location and name of some of these files may differ on your system. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. <peter@ficc.ferranti.com>
mfinegan@uceng.UC.EDU (michael k finegan) (07/19/90)
peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >Boot from the instalation floopy. >Interrupt the install. Shouldn't you specify how? For SCO Unix ? ~ ~ ~ >Peter da Silva. `-_-' >+1 713 274 5180. ><peter@ficc.ferranti.com> - Mike mfinegan@uceng.UC.EDU
peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) (07/21/90)
In article <5531@uceng.UC.EDU> mfinegan@uceng.UC.EDU (michael k finegan) writes: > peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > >Interrupt the install. > Shouldn't you specify how? For SCO Unix ? I don't know specifically how for SCO UNIX, but there are any number of ways. Try ^C, DEL, ^\ about the time it starts asking questions. If all else fails you can go to another system, mount the install floppy, and edit the rc script to put a shell in there. If you can't do that, find someone who can. You may also need to edit the floppy's /etc/fstab if you have a non standard hard disk. Experiment. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` <peter@ficc.ferranti.com>
rogerk@sco.COM (Roger Knopf 5502) (07/25/90)
In article <YUS4-I1@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <5531@uceng.UC.EDU> mfinegan@uceng.UC.EDU (michael k finegan) writes: >> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >> >Interrupt the install. >> Shouldn't you specify how? For SCO Unix ? > >I don't know specifically how for SCO UNIX, but there are any number of ways. >Try ^C, DEL, ^\ about the time it starts asking questions. ^^^ Use DEL. And I agree with Peter, experiment (just don't do it on a production system!). -- Roger Knopf <standard disclaimer applies> SCO Consulting Services "The True Believers will...formulate uunet!sco!rogerk or rogerk@sco.com a message that even a monkey could 408-425-7222 (voice) 408-458-4227 (fax) understand." --Jeff Tye