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- From: madsere@okys.infoserv.com (Rene Madsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: Single-user mode boot on SCO UNIX
- Message-ID: <54.20361@okys.infoserv.com>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 14:43:26 GMT
- References: <syscrc.714768938@gsusgi1.gsu.edu>
- Organization: Brackton Ltd. Luxembourg
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- In article <syscrc.714768938@gsusgi1.gsu.edu>, 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.
-
- Boot from your boot/root floppy set (you _did_ make one when you installed
- the system did'nt you ;-) as described in appendix H of the SCO installation
- guide.
-
- Follow the guidelines as explained in this appendix, and the and
- Troubleshooting part of the SCO user guide.
-
- --
- Rene Madsen
- Unix Systems Support/Dev.
- madsere@okys.infoserv.com
-