03-09-2005
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old NCR tower 32 with an ADDS terminal running a unix version 020102
Without knowing more about it than this, I would say you are out of luck.
NCR ran a type of UNIX called Xenix. I could not find a version 020102 - but did find version 3 was available in 1993. No other information was available except for it's little part in history. For that is what you have, a piece of history.
Try this - put a printer on the console so that it prints out anything that goes to console (the ADDS terminal). Once you get that working, then maybe you can gather more info on the exact UNIX you are running (it may not be Xenix) and then maybe one of the really experienced folks can help (I can always call my Dad - he may have worked on one of those types of systems back in the day (he's a relic too). He has a Commodore 64 at home which he still enjoys programming.
Got root? This may help - hard to say if it will really work for you.
Last edited by RTM; 03-09-2005 at 09:49 AM..
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chpasswd
chpasswd(8) System Manager's Manual chpasswd(8)
NAME
chpasswd - change user passwords in batch
SYNOPSIS
chpasswd [-D binddn] [-P path] [-c des|md5|blowfish | -e] [file]
DESCRIPTION
chpasswd changes passwords for user accounts in batch. It reads a list of login and password pairs from standard input or a file and uses
this information to update the passwords of this user accounts. The named account must exist and the password age will be updated. Each
input line is of the format:
user_name:password
If the hash algorithmus is not given on the commandline, the value of GROUP_CRYPT or, if not specified, CRYPT from /etc/default/passwd is
used as hash algorithmus. If not configured, the traditinal des algorithmus is used.
OPTIONS
-c des|md5|blowfish
This option specifies the hash algorithmus, which should be used to encrypt the passwords.
-e The passwords are expected to be in encrypted form. Normally the passwords are expected to be cleartext.
-D, --binddn binddn
Use the Distinguished Name binddn to bind to the LDAP directory. The user will be prompted for a password for simple authentica-
tion.
-P, --path path
The passwd and shadow files are located below the specified directory path. chpasswd will use this files, not /etc/passwd and
/etc/shadow.
FILES
/etc/default/passwd - default values for password hash
SEE ALSO
passwd(1), passwd(5), shadow(5)
AUTHOR
Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de>
pwdutils Feburary 2004 chpasswd(8)