Resetting The Password - Compaq DS10L - AlphaServer - 256 MB RAM Reference Manual

2.9.3

Resetting the Password

If you have forgotten the current password, clear the password as follows:
From the Local Console Terminal
1. Enter the login command: >>> login
2. At the Enter Password: prompt, press the Halt button, then press the Return
key.
The password is now cleared and the console cannot be put into secure mode
unless a new password is set.
From the RMC
1. Enter the login command: >>> login
2. At the Enter Password: prompt, enter the RMC escape sequence.
3. At the RMC>>> prompt, enter the halt command and then the quit
command:
RMC>>> halt
RMC>>> quit
4. At the SRM console, clear the password:
>>> clear password
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