Brian wrote: > > I have an origin 200 I have been wanting to run linux on, its been sitting > up for a while. Before I wipe out and install linux, I need to get in > there to get some stuff of the drives. But I do not know the root > password. Can anyone direct me to password recovery procedures for IRIX? > > Brian > > ----------------------------------------------- > Brian Feeny, CCIE #8036 e: signal@shreve.net > Network Engineer p: 318.222.2638x109 > ShreveNet Inc. f: 318.221.6612 OK, a good and fast way is to boot into IRIX w/ its installation cd. Then mount the root partition and fix /etc/passwd. -- Volker Jahns, Volker.Jahns@thalreit.de, http://thalreit.de