Dan Thorson <Dan_Thorson@notes.seagate.com> wrote: > Sure, shut the machine, REset, then (and I can't remember the exact sequence) > you should be able to modify the /etc/passwd file, re-start the OS, root has > the password (or lack thereof) you set up in the previous step. > Just another example of physical security being important. Good try... except that Apollos do not use /etc/passwd files. (They use the registry daemon rgyd, the /etc/passwd file being a read-only object provided for compatibility with brain-dead UNIX utilities only.) Besides, if you had set sensible permissions on your file system, then you should not be able to modify anything (let alone /etc/passwd) from Apollo's "PhaseII Shell" (the single-user mode) where you run as user.none.none. Paul Szabo - System Manager // School of Mathematics and Statistics szabo_p@maths.su.oz.au // University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia