From owner-freebsd-alpha Sun Feb 17 12:16: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from duke.cs.duke.edu (duke.cs.duke.edu [152.3.140.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C4E337B404 for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2002 12:16:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (grasshopper.cs.duke.edu [152.3.145.30]) by duke.cs.duke.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA09910; Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:16:05 -0500 (EST) Received: (from gallatin@localhost) by grasshopper.cs.duke.edu (8.11.6/8.9.1) id g1HKFZh18472; Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:15:35 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gallatin@cs.duke.edu) From: Andrew Gallatin MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15472.3943.836530.458827@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:15:35 -0500 (EST) To: Bernd Walter Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: clearing SRM console password on AS600 In-Reply-To: <20020217143414.GD42456@cicely8.cicely.de> References: <20020217143414.GD42456@cicely8.cicely.de> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 12) "Channel Islands" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Bernd Walter writes: > Is there a way to clear the console password? > It's left - but not known - by the previous owner. > I was tempted to clear the DS1225AD in a prommer, but the current owner > told me it is soldered :( According to the docs for the AlphaServer 800 (which i think is the same as an AlphaStation 600), you 1) make sure the halt button is off 2) enter the "login" command 3) When the "enter passord" prompt appears, press the halt button, then press return. 4) press the halt button again. The passwd is now cleard. See http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/download/as800ug.pdf Page 127. Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message