Getting to root when the password has been lost

[Pete Holsberg]

Get the distribution diskettes and boot from number 1 (of 7).  At the
first prompt, hit DEL.  This gives you a root prompt for the OS on the
floppy.  fsck /dev/dsk/0s1 and then mount it.  Copy /mnt/etc/passwd to
/mnt/etc/tmp.passwd.  Copy /etc/passwd to /mnt/etc/passwd.  Do the same
shuffle with the shadow password file.

Now unmount the HD, give a couple of syncs, and run uadmin 2 2 to reboot.

I had to do a similar thing just this morning!

Pete

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