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From: EVERHART@arisia.dnet.ge.com (Glenn Everhart 215 354 7610 Everhart%Arisia.dnet.ge.com)
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Subject: Breaking into P/OS
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Date: 25 Apr 91 12:54:07 GMT
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To break into P/OS, if you can get to a Pro (runnin g p/os 2.0 or
later at least) that you can use, there is in the menu system a
facility for writing a "password floppy". If you boot the Pro and
have that floppy loaded, its' password will override the one on
the hard disk. I used this technique once, but it's been long
enough ago I don't recall more detail. I believe that some help
exists on the system, though, as I had no manuals to infer this
from at the time. (Someone had left the company and his pro was
unusable till I freed it.) Doing this will also set a password on
the pro you make the floppy on, but you can reset that after the
floppy is safely written.
   I don't particularly recommend passwords on personal Pros due to
the extreme inconvenience they cause.
Glenn Everhart