Password reset for ~1998 AIX on RS/6000?

2018-02-01 Thread Tapley, Mark via cctech
All, I’m trying to resurrect an AIX workstation that may well contain useful information for the NASA IMAGE spacecraft. The system is an IBM RiscSystem/6000 43P-140 according to the badge on the front (which I think is reasonably accurate). It’s running a version of AIX f

Re: Password reset for ~1998 AIX on RS/6000?

2018-02-01 Thread Tapley, Mark via cctech
On Feb 1, 2018, at 2:32 PM, et...@757.org wrote: >> Is there a standard procedure for recovering lost passwords for these >> systems, or for resetting passwords? I do have physical access to the >> machine; it’s possible I can find an AIX install disk but it’s *highly* >> desirable to pres

Re: Password reset for ~1998 AIX on RS/6000?

2018-02-01 Thread Pete Lancashire via cctech
I like the idea of creating an image before something could screwup what is on the disk. dd is your friend -pete On Feb 1, 2018 7:28 PM, "Tapley, Mark via cctech" wrote: > On Feb 1, 2018, at 2:32 PM, et...@757.org wrote: > > >> Is there a standard procedure for recovering lost passwords f

Re: Password reset for ~1998 AIX on RS/6000?

2018-02-01 Thread ethan--- via cctech
Is there a standard procedure for recovering lost passwords for these systems, or for resetting passwords? I do have physical access to the machine; it’s possible I can find an AIX install disk but it’s *highly* desirable to preserve the contents of the existing hard drive. Image the hard dri

Re: Password reset for ~1998 AIX on RS/6000?

2018-02-01 Thread Grant Taylor via cctech
On 02/01/2018 01:28 PM, Tapley, Mark via cctech wrote: Is there a standard procedure for recovering lost passwords for these systems, or for resetting passwords? I do have physical access to the machine; it’s possible I can find an AIX install disk but it’s *highly* desirable to preserve the co

Re: Password reset for ~1998 AIX on RS/6000?

2018-02-01 Thread Jonathan Katz via cctech
This may have the answer. AIX was certainly in version 4 at that point, so this should work. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T1000366 On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 8:28 PM, Tapley, Mark via cctech wrote: > All, > I’m trying to resurrect an AIX workstation that may well contain

Re: Password reset for ~1998 AIX on RS/6000?

2018-02-03 Thread Jules Richardson via cctech
On 02/01/2018 02:28 PM, Tapley, Mark via cctech wrote: Is there a standard procedure for recovering lost passwords for these systems, or for resetting passwords? I do have physical access to the machine; it’s possible I can find an AIX install disk but it’s *highly* desirable to preserve the cont