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1995; any technical information is probably outdated.
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Re: Getting AIX root access
Article: 7640 of alt.hackers Newsgroups: alt.hackers From: cmcurtin@clipper.cb.att.com (-C.Curtin) Subject: Re: Getting AIX root access Message-ID: D6vu1G.C0J@nntpa.cb.att.com Keywords: Aix root Sender: news@nntpa.cb.att.com (Netnews Administration) Nntp-Posting-Host: clipper.cb.att.com Organization: AT&T Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 18:00:52 GMT Approved: Da man. Lines: 20 Status: RO
In article <3m973d$kc1@starbase.neosoft.com>, David C Smith <dcs@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> wrote: > >>Since you can edit the passwd file, wouldn't it be simpler to just delete the >>root password? > >Yup! That would cut down on *several* steps. I'll try it on the next >machine. Thanks! Most of the time, you can bring up an AIX box by cranking the key to service, and booting. As you pointed out, this brings it up in maintenance mode (same as init M). Note that when you do this, that which identifies itself as root is actually a RAM filesystem. You'll need to mount the filesystem with /etc/passwd on it in order to save those changes to disk. Have fun. -- C Matthew Curtin AT&T Bell Labs - Internet Gateway Group cmcurtin@clipper.cb.att.com
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