Will
boot: unix init=/bin/sh
work? And then manually edit the password?
SCO also makes backup kernels called "unix.safe" and "unix.old".
-eric wood
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert G. 'Doc' Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 2:12 PM
Subject: SCO/Xenix filesystem?
> Does anyone know what native filesystem was used by SCO/Xenix? An
> acquaintance has stumbled onto a system still in production service in
> which the last person who knew the root password has long since left the
> company. He's thinking about pulling the hard drive, mounting it in a
> Linux box, and editing the passwd file (assuming, of course, that the
> system predates shadow passwords). Alternatively, does anyone remember
> how to reboot such a system in what we would call single-user mode so
> the root password can be changed more elegantly?
>
> --Doc Savage
> Fairview Heights, IL
>
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