Re: Unixware 2.1 root recovery - no disks or info available...

From: Arthur Marsh (amarsh_at_ncpgg.adelaide.edu.au)
Date: 07/29/03

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    Allen Underdown wrote:
    > I've been trying to recover the root password on a Unixware 2.1 based
    > system. Unfortunatly, I have no information on the system at all. I
    > also do not have an emergency boot diskette or the username/password
    > of the system owner. I have been able to create a install disk from a
    > downloaded image and rawrite, however, this boots and requests a
    > serial number/key combination, which I also do not have.
    >
    > I have an emergency boot floppy for UnixWare 1.0, but this didn't
    > work, nor did booting from a Linux distribution. I guess the
    > filesystem is different enough that the hd won't mount.
    >
    > All I need is enough to get the system booted and the hard drive
    > mounted so I can edit the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files.
    >
    > Is there an opensource distribution that I can get mounted and access
    > the HD from? The system is IDE based. Or, is there a way or open
    > serial number/key available to bypass the boot diskette?
    >
    > Thanks!
    > Allen

    I wonder if the free single user evaluation packs of UnixWare 2.X either
    don't require a serial number/key combination or include a single user
    serial number/key combination? Presumably the single user evaluation
    version would be enough to mount an existing disk and edit /etc/passwd
    and /etc/shadow.

    I still have a copy of the UW 2.X evaluation pack at home and will check
    on this.

    Regards,

    Arthur.

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