Subject: Re: VMS Password
To: Matt Thompson <matt@smt.net>
From: None <anonymous@wouldnt-you-like-to-know.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 04/15/1998 10:17:45
Matt Thompson wrote:
>
> Hi, I picked up a new MicroVAX II yestrday, it has VMS V5.5-2 .. this is
> my first time trying to use VMS, and I need the system password to get
> in so I can make some TK50 boot disks for NetBSD/vax. Is there anything
> like a single user mode in VMS like UNIX has, where I can change the
> password? There is still no MOP boot file that supports DEQNA is there?
>
> -Matt
Try logging in as SYSTEM with passwd MANAGER or, if that does not work,
try FIELD with passwd SERVICE .. this might work (these are supposed to
be undocumented outside DEC, but you know how things can slip :)