[Info-vax] Need some special help changing the system password

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In article <glupil$mkh$1 at ruby.cit.cornell.edu>, Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez <cem14 at cornell.edu> writes:
>I'm bringing back to life my vaxstation 2000 and have
>forgotten the system password that I used the last time
>(which was at an exhibit at the university; I used something
>innocuous so other people could play with it, but I managed
>to forget it even so).
>
>The thing is, the standard way of doing this from the
>console did not work because I'm using a serial console
>in the printer port -- I don't have the original mono
>monitor.  So, when I SET /STARTUP OPA0:  and the
>other parameters in the conversational boot up,
>after I type "CONTINUE" I get an error about
>it not being able to open the SYS$INPUT file.
>
>I guess that OPA0: keeps assuming the system console
>to be the mono monitor and standard keyboard, as opposed
>to a serial console in the DE9 printer port.
>
>So, if I want the thing to accept commands from
>the serial console, what should I set /STARTUP to
>in the conversational boot instead of OPA0: ?

It's been years, perhaps a decade, since I've booted my 2000.  I do know
that I didn't use it with the monitor when I last used it.  I think that
the serial console was no problem though.

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