NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/sys/m68k/1530

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From: [e-mail] (roger hanscom)
Subject: Need Help with "MAI Basic-Four"
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Organization: Advanced Computer Application Center, Argonne National Laboratory
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 21:48:14 GMT
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I've just been given an MAI Basic-Four system.  It is 68010 based and
runs what appears to be a UNIX derivative called "UNOS".  It may have
been developed by Charles River Data Systems.  The machine has two
serial terminals hung on it, and it boots up from the hard drive with
no problems.  Unfortunately, it puts up a login prompt on the screen,
and accepts userid and password.  The system was a discard from a small
business and there are no employees who remember any valid
userid/password combinations.  Is there anybody out there who can help
me get on this sytem and remove the passwords??  It looks like a very
useful machine, if I can get by the login sequence.  Also when trying
userid/password combinations, I have had no success and then eventually
power it off.  Booting it again later, I encounter errors that appear to
result from powering it off with mounted file systems.  Is there an
accepted shutdown sequence??  Does one have to login as "root" to run
it?

Questions, questions, questions...........

       Thanks in advance       Roger         [e-mail]