From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (971110.SGI.8.8.8/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id QAA471512 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 16:46:38 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id QAA28892 for linux-list; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 16:43:29 -0800 Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id QAA28874 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 16:43:14 -0800 Received: from netexpress.net (shamu.netexpress.net [206.65.64.2]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/970507) via ESMTP id QAA00156 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 16:43:09 -0800 env-from (drachen@netexpress.net) Received: from netexpress.net (flexgen-17.netexpress.net [206.65.65.146]) by netexpress.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA17852; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 18:42:45 -0600 Message-ID: <34C2A186.32EF7CFF@netexpress.net> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 18:42:46 -0600 From: David Hinkle X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: linux-mips@fnet.fr, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: My NEC VR4000's References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Oh? What is bugtraq? Alan Cox wrote: > > password.... Bye the way... Is there an easier way to clear the root > > password? And does anybody know what filesystem IRIX uses? > > If its running Irix < 6.4 then read bugtraq archives for about 100,000 ways > to break root on your machine 8) > > The best general scheme on a remote box is to stuff the disk into a machine > and without mounting it replace any disk block starting root:........:dfgkd > with your own password string.