>>>>> "Rick" == Rick GC <rickgc@calweb.com> writes:

    Rick> I recently purchased an old Maxtor 330 meg harddrive.  When
    Rick> I connected it up SunOs 4.1.1 came up, however I cannot get
    Rick> into it because I do not have the password.  It seems like
    Rick> someone once told me that it was possible to change the
    Rick> password by using the boot tape, has anyone ever heard of
    Rick> this?  I know this question is a little off the Netbsd
    Rick> subject but I can't think of anyother forum to put it up to.

You might be able to get in as root by booting in single user mode - 
	b sd(0,0,0)vmunix -s
or something like that does the job IIRC. If that doesn't work, try
interrupting the fsck at boot time. In SunOS, this should drop you
into a single-user root shell on the console.

If these don't work, you'd have to boot from something else - across
the net or from a distribution tape/CD - mount the disk and then
blooter the root password file entry.