Re: IRIX
From: Phill Harvey-Smith (phill_at_bio.warwick.ac.uk)
Date: 03/14/05
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Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:51:56 +0000 (UTC)
Mike Morley <bill@microsoft.com> wrote in news:d0o967$n53$1
@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk:
> Hi all,
>
> I have recently come into ownership of a SGI 02 MIPS. However the
> problem is that:
> 1: I don't know the root password
> 2: You can't boot them into single user (so I have been told).
You can boot them into single user mode but alas you will still IIRC need
the root password :)
> This leaves me:
> 1: Mounting the disk on another SGI system to try and root it.
You may also be able to mount it on a linux box if that has it's kernel
compiled with xfs/efs support, you will of course also need a linux
supported SCSI card and apropreate cables.
Depending on how the system is setup you may need to remove the root
password from /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow these are just text files so you
can use your prefered editor to do this.
HTH
Phill.
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