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Old 05-17-2005
root access

We have SCO 5.0.5 and can't log into system as "root". The system indicates the password is incorrect. No one knows what happened.
How can we resolve this issue.. Are there files we can restore from backup...?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you..

Last edited by RBurer; 05-17-2005 at 02:59 PM.. Reason: Incorrect title
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Old 05-18-2005
SCO root password - search for root password on page.
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Old 05-18-2005
SCO root password...

Thanks for the link... Smilie
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