Reset root password while logged in as root?

[wowbobwow]

Hi all,
I've got a lovely Indigo2 "High Impact" system and it's a pleasure to use. However, I'm stuck in a slightly frustrating / slightly stupid scenario:
My Indigo2 boots and automatically logs into IRIX 6.5 as the root user. Nice!

However, I cannot figure out what my root password is - it's not blank, and it's not any of the usual passwords I typically use for vintage OS stuff. I must have set it years ago but I'm going in circles and I can't figure it out.

I've found some guides that instruct me to boot from my IRIX installation CD (which I have), but that's been difficult too, because my machine just boots and never gives me the button to click to interrupt the boot process, so I can't boot from the CD.

Any tips here would be welcome - I hate being partially locked out of my own system!

 

[doc]

Why do you need to know what your current password is, if you are logged in as root?

Edit /etc/passwd or run `passwd` and just set a new one.

As far as boot, if you press ESC during "Starting up the system", it should bring up the menu.

 

[wowbobwow]

Why do you need to know what your current password is, if you are logged in as root?

Edit /etc/passwd or run `passwd` and just set a new one.

As far as boot, if you press ESC during "Starting up the system", it should bring up the menu.

This is great, thank you! I tried passwd initially but it wouldn't let me reset the password (I should've noted the error), but after a reboot back into the root account, it worked fine and I'm back in business. Thanks for helping me figure this out!

 

[ghost180sx]

I saw you posted the same thing on reddit. Glad you found a solution.