Earl W Phillips <ephillip@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> (04/13/91)
HELP!!! I have just obtained a TRS-80 model 12 that boots up to xenix. Apparently, it was a business computer, cause it requires a password to get in. Obviously, I don't have the password, so I can't use the system as is. To make matters worse, I know ZERO about xenix. Can anyone tell me how to beat this password thing? Or, does anyone have a TRS 6000+ that could make me a boot disk so I can rewrite the passwrd root file? ***************************************************************** * | ====@==== ///////// * * ephillip@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu| ``________// * * | `------' * * -JR- | Space;........the final * * | frontier............... * *****************************************************************
molnar@neis.UUCP (Christopher Molnar) (04/15/91)
In article <CMM.0.90.2.671512661.ephillip@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> ephillip@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Earl W Phillips) writes: > > >HELP!!! I have just obtained a TRS-80 model 12 that boots up to >xenix. Apparently, it was a business computer, cause it requires >a password to get in. Obviously, I don't have the password, so I >can't use the system as is. To make matters worse, I know ZERO >about xenix. Can anyone tell me how to beat this password thing? >Or, does anyone have a TRS 6000+ that could make me a boot disk >so I can rewrite the passwrd root file? You might want to call Doug at the Fresh Meadows New York, Radio Shack computer Center. (the district office phone number is 718-454-2240,its in the same building) He has the same machine you have, and uses Xenix on it. He's a STRANGE person, but will probably be glad to help. Oh, ya, don't bother talking to the manager.... He's useless... (I used to work in that district.) ---------- Christopher J. Molnar uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!neis!molnar New England Information Services molnar@neis.UUCP New England Inventory Systems ------------------------------- 345 State Street #3F Ask about NEIS V1.0 BBS Albany, New York 12210 a full function *nix BBS Package -------------------------------------------------------------------------
root@ozdaltx.UUCP (root) (04/17/91)
If you have one of the older versions of Xenix for the Tandy
12/16 You can use the boot disk to run a check on /etc/passwd.
It is pretty simple to do.
Start system with the boot disk
when it asks if you want to initialise the HD, say NO,
This should put you in maintainence mode.
You'll have to establish PATH and maybe a few other shell
variables. You can then use vi (complete path are necessay)
to make changes to Passwd... Make a copy of it first.
You can remove the passwd from the file for root; shutdown
and reboot from HD. Proceed as normal.
I hope I remembered every thing - it has been at least 5 years
since I had to do this.
Best....
Scotty
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