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

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In article <49833042$0$30033$ec3e2dad at unlimited.usenetmonster.com>, "Jilly" <jilly at stny.rr.com> writes:
>
>"H Vlems" <hvlems at freenet.de> wrote in message 
>news:c52bc5a4-42ea-4392-8ba7-adb44673b2fd at y1g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
>On 30 jan, 12:50, Carlos E Murillo-Sanchez <ce... at cornell.edu> wrote:
>> 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$INPUT file.
>>
>> I guess that OPA0: keeps assuming the system console
>> to be the mono monitor and standard keyboard, as opposed
>> to a serial console in the DE9 printer port.
>>
>> So, if I want the thing to accept commands from
>> the serial console, what should I set /STARTUP to
>> in the conversational boot instead of OPA0: ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> carlos.
>
>Well, if you can get to SET/STARTUP then you might consider this:
>- Boot into conversational boot
>- SET STARTUP_P1 "MIN"
>- SET UAFALTERNATE 1
>- CONTINUE
>This procedure only works if there is no alternate SYSUAF file present
>on the system disk.
>Next, logon with SYSTEM and VMS will ask twice for a password. Just
>enter the same password twice (and keep it simple :-)
>= SET DEF SYS$SYSTEM
>= DEF/USE SYSUAF SYS$SYSTEM:SYSUAF.DAT
>MC AUTHORIZE MOD SYSTEM/password=   eetc.
>Hans
>
>This works a little better if you know that SYSUAF.DAT is in SYS$SYSTEM
>
> Conversational boot to get the SYSBOOT> prompt
> SYSBOOT> SET/STARTUP OPA0:
> SYSBOOT> CONT
> $ SET NOON
> $ SPAWN
> $ @SYS$STARTUP:VMS$INITIAL_050_VMS.COM
> $ SET DEFAULT SYS$SYSTEM
> $ MCR AUTHORIZE
> UAF> MODIFY SYSTEM/PASS=mumble
> UAF> EXIT
> $ MCR SYSGEN
> SYSGEN> USE CURRENT
> SYSGEN> SET/STARTUP SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.COM
> SYSGEN> WRITE CURRENT
> SYSGEN> EXIT
> $ @SYS$SYSTEM:STARTUP.COM   ! System should now boot normally and you can 
>login 

Right Mark, save that the original poster reported problems (eventually
determined to be a typo) using SET/STARTUP OPA0:

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