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- From: mancus@carla.JSC.NASA.GOV (Keith Mancus/MDSSC)
- Subject: Re: passwd
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.154744.12298@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- References: <1992Dec12.021932.16017@nuscc.nus.sg> <tms511s@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 15:47:44 GMT
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- In article <tms511s@zuni.esd.sgi.com>, olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) writes:
- > 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.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Does this work on 4D/20, /25, and /35's? If not, what is the
- equivalent sequence for them?
-
- --
- Keith Mancus <mancus@cheers.jsc.nasa.gov>
- N5WVR
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