Henrik Östman wrote:
>
> Hi!

Hi,

> After having my Octane put away for a couple of months i finaly found some
> time to play with it again. But i can't seam to remember my Root password!
> =( I have tried every password i can think of, and i normaly don't use
> that many... Guess this is a pretty common question, but what options do i
> have?

Do you have IRIX media or another Octane that you can log in
to after it boots?

Yours,

Josh.

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Josh Birnbaum wrote:

> Henrik Östman wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>
> Hi,
>
>> After having my Octane put away for a couple of months i finaly found
>> some time to play with it again. But i can't seam to remember my Root
>> password!
>> =( I have tried every password i can think of, and i normaly don't use
>> that many... Guess this is a pretty common question, but what options do
>> i have?
>
> Do you have IRIX media or another Octane that you can log in
> to after it boots?
>
> Yours,
>
> Josh.
>
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> | President Internet: www.noorg.org |
> | Noorg, Inc |
> | ---------------------------------------------- |
> | ifchk - host based promiscuous mode detection |
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> `------------------------------------------------'

Thanks for your reply!

No, got the machine from eBay, and as most machines i got no media included.
But i intend to buy a IRIX version fron eBay soon, so lets say i have the
media. What do i do then? Booting from Overlay disk #1 and then... ???

Thanks!!!

// Henrik

Henrik Östman wrote:
>
> Josh Birnbaum wrote:
>
> > Henrik Östman wrote:

Hi,

> Thanks for your reply!

Sure.

> No, got the machine from eBay, and as most machines i got no media included.
> But i intend to buy a IRIX version fron eBay soon, so lets say i have the
> media. What do i do then? Booting from Overlay disk #1 and then... ???

Right. Boot into miniroot, choose the 'admin' and then 'shroot' inst
options
and use the vi editor to open /etc/passwd and remove the contents of the
passwd
field (field two) for the root account.

If, however, you are using shadowed passwords, do the above on
/etc/shadow
instead as field two of /etc/passwd will not have the passwd string in
it.
/etc/shadow has restricted read permission for security reasons.

If you're not running shadowed passwds then issue the pwconv command
after
fixing the lost passwd problem. This will create /etc/shadow.

> Thanks!!!
>
> // Henrik

Good Luck,

Josh.

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| ---------------------------------------------- |
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> > Henrik Östman wrote:

> But i intend to buy a IRIX version fron eBay soon, so lets say i have the
> media. What do i do then? Booting from Overlay disk #1 and then... ???
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> // Henrik

Hi!
Got my e-mails returned from "linuxgoods".
I guess that your are situated in Sweden.
Can offer you new media (complete install. Mail to
lege.artis-NO-@-SPAM-usa.net or call 070-686 60 60
Cheers
Per

Josh Birnbaum wrote:

> Henrik Östman wrote:
>>
>> Josh Birnbaum wrote:
>>
>> > Henrik Östman wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> Thanks for your reply!
>
> Sure.
>
>> No, got the machine from eBay, and as most machines i got no media
>> included. But i intend to buy a IRIX version fron eBay soon, so lets say
>> i have the media. What do i do then? Booting from Overlay disk #1 and
>> then... ???
>
> Right. Boot into miniroot, choose the 'admin' and then 'shroot' inst
> options
> and use the vi editor to open /etc/passwd and remove the contents of the
> passwd
> field (field two) for the root account.
>
> If, however, you are using shadowed passwords, do the above on
> /etc/shadow
> instead as field two of /etc/passwd will not have the passwd string in
> it.
> /etc/shadow has restricted read permission for security reasons.
>
> If you're not running shadowed passwds then issue the pwconv command
> after
> fixing the lost passwd problem. This will create /etc/shadow.
>
>> Thanks!!!
>>
>> // Henrik
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Josh.
>
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> | President Internet: www.noorg.org |
> | Noorg, Inc |
> | ---------------------------------------------- |
> | ifchk - host based promiscuous mode detection |
> | & handling available for download at: |
> | http://www.noorg.org/ifchk/ifchk.html |
> `------------------------------------------------'

Ok, this looks easy!
And i just got a crazy thought, while waiting for my IRIX 6.5.18m discs to
arrive would it be possible to mount the disc via a linux system? I connect
the disc to my linux workstation and mount the XFS partition/slice and edit
the passwd-file. Removing the password field would get me a blank password
right? The only trouble is that linux only has READ support for XFS i
think.. =(

So i guess i have to wait.... =)

In article <6ay0b.20601$mU6.30641@newsb.telia.net>,
Henrik Östman wrote:

: The only trouble is that linux only has READ support for XFS i
: think.. =(

Read-only support for EFS, read/write support for XFS.

It should be noted that linux also has a few restrictions on what types of XFS
filesystems it understands, for example the filesystem must have v2 directories
and the block size must equal the page size.


Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler

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Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler wrote:

> In article <6ay0b.20601$mU6.30641@newsb.telia.net>,
> Henrik Östman wrote:
>
> : The only trouble is that linux only has READ support for XFS i
> : think.. =(
>
> Read-only support for EFS, read/write support for XFS.
>
> It should be noted that linux also has a few restrictions on what types of
> XFS filesystems it understands, for example the filesystem must have v2
> directories and the block size must equal the page size.
>
>
> Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler
>
Ok, looks like i maybe have a small chance after all. =)

Thanks!!