🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <S1F12BAp11K3EwF4@smartart.demon.co.uk>
           paul@smartart_NE_SPAM_PAS.demon.co.uk "paul" writes:

> In a previous post<925584225snz@longley.demon.co.uk>, David Longley
> <David@longley.demon.co.uk> scribbled
> >In article <925568586snz@longley.demon.co.uk>
> >           David@longley.demon.co.uk "David Longley" writes:
> >
> >> Can anyone help please?
> >> 
> >> I have 4 IBM PS/2 Model 76i Systems which have been more or  less 
> >> donated  to a local school, but the "privileged access  password" 
> >> is  set on all four and there is no way to clear this other  than 
> >> to  find and enter the original password entered by the  previous 
> >> owners.  I  understand these to have  been  PRUDENTIAL  FINANCIAL 
> >> SERVICES.  Does  anyone know anyone in their  IT  Department  who 
> >> might be able to help out?
> >> -- 
> >
> >In this case I'm NOT looking for technical support, at least  not 
> >form  the  net as I KNOW for sure that the passwords can  not  be 
> >cleared - it's something IBM make clear to customers. The purpose 
> >of  this  post  is JUST to track down  teh  PRUDENTIAL  FINANCIAL 
> >SERVICES IT folk who might be able to give us the passwords.
> >
> S'funny.  Must run up the road to the old girl, who's 2nd user PS1 I
> sorted out a couple of years ago and tell her that I didn't reallyb
> manage to clear out the password and that the CMOS knew she was a nice
> old lady and that I was just a well-wisher and it decided to give us
> both the benefit of the doubt and let her use the machine.
> 
> I wish I could get my killfile working.
> -- 
> paul
> 
> Eliminate the negative to facilitate a positive reply.
> 

This  is  not a PS/1 and it's not the power on password  but  the 
privilged access password which once entered is stored  somewhere 
where  the flash ROM is stored. The issue has been  discussed  at 
length  in  the PS/2 newsgroup and the universal consensus  is  - 
even  from  Don Peter that it can't be cleared  by  the  familiar 
routes, even by shorting the CMOS. Clearing power on passwords is 
not the same as clearing privileged access passwords, and not all 
models of teh PS/2 have this feature.

I've  replaced one board already but thought someone  might  have 
contacts in the PRU.
-- 
David Longley

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