[SunHELP] How to root an SGI Irix6.4 or Irix6.5?

[Hugh Saunders]

On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 05:55:54PM -0400, Wolfgang Engelien wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> how do I reset the root password of an SGI Octane running Irix6.4 or 
> Irix6.5?
> I have physical access to the machine, a cdrom drive and a IRIX6.4 cdrom 
> with an inst file system.

this was discussed on the geeks list ~last week
    On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 09:55:56AM +1200, James Braid wrote:
    > Lionel Peterson wrote:
    > >...and I'm suffering from a "lack of root" password. Any thoughts?
    >
    > You should be able to either boot up in single user (hit escape when it
    > starts to boot, then 5 for command, then boot -s (or boot single, i forget).
    >
    > Otherwise, boot off the IRIX installation CD into the miniroot, type
    > "sh" when you are in inst to get a shell, then you can chroot into the
    > drive and reset the password using passwd.

hope that helps,

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