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by tohlric

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I have an HP server that has SCO Openserver 5.0 loaded on it and I don't have any of the passwords for the server. I have taken over as the I.T. Administrator for a company and the unix server isn't currently being used, but I would like to start using it. Any ideas on how I can get into the system to change the passwords? Thanks.

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by les

do you have any emergency root and boot floppies for the system? If so boot to them and you will get a root shell prompt.
If not you should be able to use thew sco install media or create a generic boot/root floppy set on another system, then boot the troubled box and reset the password.
After resetting always remember to run the "sync" command twice before rebooting.

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