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[Guest_imported]

is there any way to enter or access the sco system if you don't have the password? say, single user-mode?

 

[edfair]

Requires superuser password or the emergency boot disk. With the EBD you can change the password. Ed Fair
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[Thanks]

now, they just gave me the responsibility of managing it but unfortunately without EBD. should i end up re-installing the OS?

 

[edfair]

How much time do you have to take the system down for maintenance?
You could reinstall the OS on a replacement hard drive as a temporary measure for long enough to build a boot/root set then reinstall the original hard disk.
As it stands, without root access, you can't even shut the system down without corrupting the root filesystem. And not being able to shut it down properly isn't administering the system, it is setting yourself up to be the patsy when it crashes. Ed Fair
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[abovebrd]

What type of access do you have to this system ?

Why can't you get the root password ? You can not be expected to administer it with it ?

Do you have a regular shell account on this system ?

-Danny