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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!fuug!ksvltd!jarmo
- From: jarmo@ksvltd.fi (Jarmo Raiha)
- Subject: Re: Single-user mode boot on SCO UNIX - not a solution
- Organization: KSV Instruments LTD
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 19:54:55 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug25.195455.1065@ksvltd.fi>
- References: <syscrc.714768938@gsusgi1.gsu.edu>
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- syscrc@gsusgi1.gsu.edu (Randy Carpenter) writes:
-
- >Ok...this is embaressing...we forgot the root password on a seldom used
- >SCO UNIX box. We're trying to figure out how to do a single-user mode
- >boot so that the root password is not required to login. SCO wants $100
- >to tell us the answer, so we thought maybe some kind soul may enlighten
- >us on the net. Otherwise, we'll have to do a re-install and that won't
- >be much fun.
-
- I can't believe this ! All the trouble with that C2 security and
- all the overhead. What is the price for other 'clues' ?
- I would pay that $100 to get rid of all SCO security junk.
-
- Sorry about not being able to help you :-(
-
- Jarmo Raiha
-