How to reset the root password on SCO Openserver 5

Should you need to reset the root password on a SCO Openserver 5 system, the procedure is quite simple, do the following:

1. Boot from your Emergency Boot Disk.
2. Type the following commands:

   mount /dev/hd0root /mnt
   /mnt/bin/chroot /mnt /bin/su root
   passwd

3. You should then get the change password prompt:
   
4. Then reboot the system with:
   sync;sync;sync;reboot
5. Login with your new root password.

Here is a video of the procedure:

This example was done with SCO Openserver 5.0.7 – I used a virtual 2.88Mb floppy with both boot and root file-system support.

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