Re: [cobalt-users] Qube3: recover root password - repost, original never appeared

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 01 October 2002 09:46 pm, Greg Hewitt-Long wrote:
> >On Tuesday 01 October 2002 07:43 pm, Greg Hewitt-Long wrote:
> >> If this appears twice all of a sudden, my apologies - it's 2 hours and
> >> nothing so far, so I'm reposting:
> >>
> >>
> >> I've just fired up my used Qube3, which we purchased on Ebay, and hit
> >> the reset to clear the previous admin password, but it appears this
> >> doesn't clear the root password... if it does, then it gets reset to
> >> something different to the admin password.
> >>
> >> Can anyone advise what it gets reset to (if anything); alternatively,
> >> can is the a procedure to regaining a lost root password on a Qube3.
> >>
> >> For the record, I have telnet working for admin, but no root password
> >> (and the admin password doesn't work for su - root).
> >
> >You have to hold the switch in until the display indicates resetting
> > pasword At least that is the way the rest of them work, sometimes takes a
> > couple seconds
> >(Did you get the PS from Allied?)
>
> yes, that's exactly the power supply I bought - it was $57 and change, and
> it works a treat...
>
> I did the few seconds thing, and that reset the admin password - is it
> supposed to reset root to the same password?
>

I believe so, it does on the other systems
You may need to do a restore... I am trying to build a restore cd for the Q3
but it is acting nasty

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