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Emmanuel Florac
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Joined: 21 May 2005
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 Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:00 pm Post subject:
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Le Sun, 13 Mar 2005 19:36:08 +0000, Mike Morley a écrit :
| Quote: | You are an absolute STAR!!!! Thanks loads. Linux is the way forwards for
me as I have a couple of linux boxes myself. I will also look into the
other sugestions that you have made. After all there is no point using
an OS if you don't know how it works.
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Fortunately IRIX is quite easy and user-friendly. Standard Unix stuff (you
know, like /etc/init.d/<blah> start/stop), and also easy administration
GUI.
Have fun...
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entia non sont multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.
Guillaume d'Ockham. |
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Mike Morley
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Joined: 10 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:36 pm Post subject:
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Toni Grass wrote:
| Quote: | Mike Morley wrote:
Thanks for that -ks.
I have found it hard getting much information about the OS what so ever,
let alone getting a copy of the installation disk.
Can somebody point me in the correct direction please as I am a complete
Newbie at SGI and know absolutely jack.
You find some more information about IRIX and O2 here:
http://techpubs.sgi.com/
Toni
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Mike Morley
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:36 pm Post subject:
Re: Irix password problem
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Emmanuel Florac wrote:
| Quote: | Le Sun, 13 Mar 2005 01:48:54 +0000, Mike Morley a écrit :
I have recently come into ownership of a SGI 02 MIPS. However the
problem is that:
1: I don't know the root password
2: You can't boot them into single user (so I have been told).
You can boot in single user mode : at "stop for maintenance" prompt, hit
esc or click the button. Hit 5 or click "enter command monitor" and type
"single". It will boot in single user mode, however it'll ask you the root
password at some time during the process so that won't help you.
Another option is to look carefully at the OS version reported on the boot
screen; there are a lot of very suitable exploits for IRIX easily found on
the net, especially if the system carries the standard insecure base
install with the guest account (no pasword) and some others.
If the guest login is active, you certainly can find a way to hack into
the system easily.
There's another option : if you have a SCSI enabled linux box lying
around, you can mount the disk on it and edit the password file (XFS
support is standard into all linux distributions for years now).
You are an absolute STAR!!!! Thanks loads. Linux is the way forwards for |
me as I have a couple of linux boxes myself. I will also look into the
other sugestions that you have made. After all there is no point using
an OS if you don't know how it works.
Regards -Mike |
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Emmanuel Florac
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Joined: 21 May 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject:
Re: Irix password problem
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Le Sun, 13 Mar 2005 01:48:54 +0000, Mike Morley a écrit :
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I have recently come into ownership of a SGI 02 MIPS. However the
problem is that:
1: I don't know the root password
2: You can't boot them into single user (so I have been told).
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You can boot in single user mode : at "stop for maintenance" prompt, hit
esc or click the button. Hit 5 or click "enter command monitor" and type
"single". It will boot in single user mode, however it'll ask you the root
password at some time during the process so that won't help you.
Another option is to look carefully at the OS version reported on the boot
screen; there are a lot of very suitable exploits for IRIX easily found on
the net, especially if the system carries the standard insecure base
install with the guest account (no pasword) and some others.
If the guest login is active, you certainly can find a way to hack into
the system easily.
There's another option : if you have a SCSI enabled linux box lying
around, you can mount the disk on it and edit the password file (XFS
support is standard into all linux distributions for years now).
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Toni Grass
*nix forums addict
Joined: 03 May 2005
Posts: 82
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:30 pm Post subject:
Re: Irix password problem
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Mike Morley wrote:
| Quote: | Thanks for that -ks.
I have found it hard getting much information about the OS what so ever,
let alone getting a copy of the installation disk.
Can somebody point me in the correct direction please as I am a complete
Newbie at SGI and know absolutely jack.
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You find some more information about IRIX and O2 here:
http://techpubs.sgi.com/
Toni
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Mike Morley
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 10 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:16 pm Post subject:
Re: Irix password problem
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Thanks for that -ks.
I have found it hard getting much information about the OS what so ever,
let alone getting a copy of the installation disk.
Can somebody point me in the correct direction please as I am a complete
Newbie at SGI and know absolutely jack.
Thanks
Regards
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-ks
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 18 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:38 am Post subject:
Re: Irix password problem
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Mike Morley <bill@microsoft.com> wrote in news:d1066h$vs7$2
@news6.svr.pol.co.uk:
| Quote: | Hi all,
I have recently come into ownership of a SGI 02 MIPS. However the
problem is that:
1: I don't know the root password
2: You can't boot them into single user (so I have been told).
This leaves me:
1: Mounting the disk on another SGI system to try and root it.
2: Get an installation disk.
Is there any other way I can get round this little problem?
Thanks in advance....
-Mike M
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Those are really your only two options.
-ks |
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Mike Morley
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 10 Mar 2005
Posts: 5
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:48 am Post subject:
Irix password problem
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Hi all,
I have recently come into ownership of a SGI 02 MIPS. However the
problem is that:
1: I don't know the root password
2: You can't boot them into single user (so I have been told).
This leaves me:
1: Mounting the disk on another SGI system to try and root it.
2: Get an installation disk.
Is there any other way I can get round this little problem?
Thanks in advance....
-Mike M |
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