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Mike

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barcher174
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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How to reset the root password:
First boot into single user mode
ROM> bsd -s
Start the services:
# sh /etc/rc &
Reset the root password
# passwd root |
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Mike

Joined: 03 Feb 2017 Posts: 83 Location: Canada: Oshawa, Ontario
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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barcher174 wrote: | How to reset the root password:
First boot into single user mode
ROM> bsd -s
Start the services:
# sh /etc/rc &
Reset the root password
# passwd root |
Thanks for the reply.
Will this allow me to reset BOTH the User Name AND the Login Password ??
As it is now, I do not know either !!
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Mike

Joined: 03 Feb 2017 Posts: 83 Location: Canada: Oshawa, Ontario
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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Also....
My only experience with computers has been with Macintosh computers.
Is there a keyboard command to execute during StartUp that will get me into Single User Mode ??
Thanks !! |
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Rob Blessin Black Hole Site Admin

Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 710 Location: Ft. Collins, Colorado
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Mike

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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for your information, patience and advice:
And using this procedure will I be able to create a new login NAME and a new PASSWORD ??
I need to know that I will be able to create BOTH of these because at this point I have neither....
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Mike

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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Also...... When I called the fellow who gave me the computer to ask about the forgotten Name and Password for it he also mentioned that he believed that there was very likely a hardware password, but, of course, he did not remember what that was either.
He seems determined to make this difficult.
It appears that resetting the root password properly requires that I have the hardware password as well, and I do not have this and neither does he.
Is this process of resurrecting the NeXTStation possibly more trouble than it is worth ? I do not have any software diskettes for this machine and its is starting to look like I might need a bootable installer set of floppies to get ahead of this problem.
Mike |
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Rob Blessin Black Hole Site Admin

Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Posts: 710 Location: Ft. Collins, Colorado
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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Hello Mike : I'll help you get through it for a hardware password , you need to pull the battery . To open the case a single screw holds the cover on located center back and hinges forward. It will then default boot from network so you change it back under parameters to boot from the drive. I'm willing to help get you into the system. By phone 303 741 9998 best regards Rob _________________ Rob Blessin President computerpowwow ebay sales@blackholeinc.com http://www.blackholeinc.com
303-741-9998 Serving the NeXT Community since 2/9/93
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Mike

Joined: 03 Feb 2017 Posts: 83 Location: Canada: Oshawa, Ontario
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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The game has changed...
I read over the information from the links you sent. Thanks for that. You are a prince !!
On a hunch I hoped for the best and put in "root" as the NAME and ran through his children names for PASSWORD and suddenly I got a Desktop.... and everything simply works.
I have a System installed but no programs, so its time to start filling in the blanks.
Thanks !!! |
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cubist
Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Posts: 251 Location: Cambridge, MA
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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Mike wrote: |
On a hunch I hoped for the best and put in "root" as the NAME and ran through his children names for PASSWORD and suddenly I got a Desktop.... |
THAT is how you get into an old computer. |
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Noth

Joined: 04 Apr 2008 Posts: 146 Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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If you delete the NetInfo db, the system reverts to a no-password "me" account. Then you set a password for "me", and log out. You can then login as root with an empty password. This is the recommended procedure. _________________ NeXT Cube 040 (NeXTSTEP 3.3), SUN SparcStation5 (NeXTSTEP 3.3), SGI Indigo2 R10000 (IRIX 6.5.22), SGI VSW320 (Windows 2000/Slakware 9.1) |
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Mike

Joined: 03 Feb 2017 Posts: 83 Location: Canada: Oshawa, Ontario
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Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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The hard drive died. I'll see what I can do once I get it up and running again....
Thanks for the tip.
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