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- From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
- Subject: Re: passwd
- Message-ID: <tms511s@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Sender: news@zuni.esd.sgi.com (Net News)
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Dec12.021932.16017@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 06:14:26 GMT
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- In <1992Dec12.021932.16017@nuscc.nus.sg> isc30092@nusunix1.nus.sg (CHOO GING YANG) writes:
- | When the system is powered down and restarted, it is possible to
- | escape to single user mode. I accidentently set the passwd protection
- | and had fail to remove it.
- | Any kind soul out there know how to erase the passwd, that is
- | there is no protection?
-
- If you are talking about the PROM passwd, and the system boots
- up, then you can run the command 'nvram passwd_key ""' to clear
- it, if you have an Indigo. If you can't get to any state
- where you can do this, you have to pull the NVRAM chip.
-
- More details make it easier to help...
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- Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, | Dave Olson
- because whoever is silent dissents. | Silicon Graphics, Inc.
- Maria Isabel Barreno | olson@sgi.com
-