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Article #4365Re: Unknown console password on DECstation 5000/33
From: Ezra Peisach
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:34
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:34
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Well, if you are daring you could open your machine and pull the battery (or short out the NVRAM - I forget which). Once the NVRAM is cleared, there shouldn't be a password. Of course this may void your DEC service agreement. Check in the manual that comes with your beast and see if they show you where the NVRAM is..... I've never had to do this with DEC equipment, but have successfully on IBM hardware.... Ezra
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!enterpoop.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!athena.mit.edu!epeisach From: epeisach@athena.mit.edu (Ezra Peisach) Subject: Re: Unknown console password on DECstation 5000/33 Message-ID: <1993Jan21.233419.12796@athena.mit.edu> Keywords: DECstation, console password Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system) Nntp-Posting-Host: paris.mit.edu Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology References: <1993Jan20.152752.1@ssrl01.slac.stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:34:19 GMT Lines: 13