Re: Password recovery on IRIX box

[Volker Jahns <Volker.Jahns@thalreit.de>]

Brian wrote:
> 
> I have an origin 200 I have been wanting to run linux on, its been sitting
> up for a while. Before I wipe out and install linux, I need to get in
> there to get some stuff of the drives.  But I do not know the root
> password.  Can anyone direct me to password recovery procedures for IRIX?
> 
> Brian
> 
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OK, a good and fast way is to boot into IRIX w/ its installation cd.
Then mount the root partition and fix /etc/passwd.

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