Root account is disabled. How to get in?

[sterke]

The user-account ROOT is disabled because I thought I was working with a user but was working with ROOT.
So now the ROOT account is disabled.
It is not a MAC OS.
Unix version 4.

Need help, we think the last resort is to reinstall the system but are there any other ways?

 

[aseidas]

What exactly were you doing when the account was "disabled"?
What does it say when you try to login? "Account is disabled" or is it giving you an incorrect password message?

-John

 

[sterke]

I hoped I was changing the password of an user but it was the root, also I changed the number of logins.

Never mind. Today it let me in again on the root with the changed password. Probably after some time the root account will unlock itself

Thanks for your time

 

[qrk188]

at the prompt typed rmuser (I was in root) enter and now the cannot log on.

Error messsage

Unable to change directory (null)

Please somebody help.........................

 

[vistech1]

Take a look here if your are talking about openserver.

FAQ58-1366

It may help you.

 

[qrk188]

The version we are running is SCO 3.2

We do not have the bootdisk. Still tyring the other options.

Any more ideas?

Thank you very much

 

[stanhubble]

they are all 3.2 ........uname -v

can any user log in?

if so then log in as that user and su to root. sort of sounds like a corrupted /etc/passwd or root's home directory doesn't exist. (was it changed?)