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Hi Greg,

Thank you for your help, I will give it a go in the morning!

Regards,

Mike


"Greg Hennessy" <cmkrnl@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 03 Nov 2001 16:07:27 GMT, Jacques Bourdeau
> <J_Bourdeau@videotron.ca> wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >for a Unix system, its always possible : remove the hard disk from the
> >locked device, insert it in a Unix under your control, boot this
> >controlled
> >Unix, mount the HD containing the locked Unix and change / remove the
> >root
> >password or promote a user with a known password to UID 0.
>
>
> Its pretty obvious Jacques that you have never worked with Nokias to make
a
> statement like that.
>
> Password Recovery on an IP series is trivial once one has access to the
> console.
>
> Abridged from resolution 692 on http://support.nokia.com/
>
> Interrupt the boot process and boot it single user by issuing "boot -s" at
> the BOOTMGR> Prompt.
>
> run /etc/overpw to blank out the old password.
>
> reboot the box et voila. IIRC 3.4 is marginally more involved as it
doesn't
> like blank passwords. But that trivial compared to ripping the hard disk
> out.
>
> Note to Mike : Get yourself access to the Nokia KB PDQ, its very
> comprehensive & will aid you in your quest.
> Whilsts you are in single user mode on the module 'rm /active/config' also
> to get rid of any existing config.
>
>
>
> >
> >For FW-1 module, it can be more difficult. Some application (like Entrust
> >and surely FW-1) do their own authentication with their own UID/PSSWD
> >database. Having full control or not on the underlaying OS is useless for
> >doing authentication on these application.
>
> Wrong!
>
>
> >
> >I do not know exactly how FW-1 do, but its can be unrecoverable.
>
> You haven't worked with FW-1 either given that its trivial to add a new
> superuser to the module using "fwm -a" from the shell as documented here
>
> http://www.phoneboy.com/faq/0099.html
>
>
>
> greg
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> >Jacques Bourdeau
> >
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >
> >On 11/3/01, 8:23:09 AM, "Mike Oxlong" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote regarding
> >FW-1 / Nokia Password Problem:
> >
> >
> >> I have been asked to look at a repossessed Nokia IP330 running
Firewall-1
> >> but do not have the login/passwords for the Unix Administrator and also
> >for
> >> FW-1.
> >
> >> I am a Cisco person but don't know my way around Unix or FW-1 very
well,
> >is
> >> there a password recovery process that I can use?
> >
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >
> >> Mike
>