Kernel Passeword on DEC 5000/20

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From: Sylvain Fauvel
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 00:00

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	Hello,

		For unknown reasons there is now a password in the kernel
	    of one of the DEC 5000/20 we have (displays "R>" prompt instead of
	    ">>").  Is there a procedure to reset the password if we do not
	    know it?

		The machine does not boot

		Could be this password setting be caused by hardware problems.
	    I have never set any kernel password and am the only sysadmin
	    here.  Maybe a problems with eeprom.

		Of course someone could have done it but why?  To annoy me?

	Sylvain Fauvel
	System Administrator
	    


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