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In article <1992Aug22.215702.10939@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> nelsonh@spot.Colorado.EDU (NELSON HARRY J) writes:
>I am now the proud (?) owner of a pc/rt which has all sorts of
>documentation, monitors, keyboards, and other stuff which I have
>not yet begun to unpack. Seems to be a pretty cool system.
>
>The problem is that the previous owner set passwords on all the
>login id's. I can't get past the login:. I booted the system
>with the installation/maint diskette and followed the instructions
>in the "Managing the Operating System" manual to mount all the hd*'s
>to gain access to the "users" command to change the su password.
>Unfortunately I get the "Shared library: sharsys.0202 cannot be mapped"
>error message when I try to execute it.
>
>What (short of rebuilding the system from diskettes) should I do?
>Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
>Jim


After you get the '/' filesystem mounted somewhere....say on /mnt
edit the file /mnt/etc/security/passwd and edit out the line
containing the encrypted password for user root. Then unmount
everything, and reboot. That should clear root's password.
Good luck....

-Eliot
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