On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 11:02:28AM -0400, der Mouse wrote:

> > Before I get to installing NetBSD (btw; thanx for all the hints :) I
> > would like to have a snoop around the hard disk.  The problem is that
> > [its] previous owner is now dead, so there is no chance of getting
> > the root password.

> Before going to too much trouble over this, try the classic logins:
> user system, password manager; user field, password service; user
> systest, password uetp.  If the machine was non-networked there's some
> chance the previous owner was using those.  Once you get a login,

Last time I looked I found some instructions for resetting the admin
passwords on VMS in one of the FAQs out there.  It was on Digital's
website IIRC.

/me is waiting for winter before he actually tries playing seriously
    with his VAX.

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