On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:13:56 +0100, fritz chwolka wrote:
:>Am 26.01.2017 um 12:00 schrieb Mat Nieuwenhoven:
:>> Hi,
:>>
:>> I forgot the admin password for peer on an eCS 2.1 machine. Users are
:>> stored in
:>> \ibmlan\accounts\net.acc .
:>>
:>> Is there any way to gain access again, e.g. replace that net.acc with
:>> one from somewhere else (install CD maybe?). Or is there a way to reset
:>> the password? Both of course while booting from another partition/disk.
:>>
:>> Mat Nieuwenhoven
:>>
:>>
:>
:>Hi mat,
:>
:>If you start your ecs in console mode (hit Alt-F1 during start)
:>you can delete net.acc.
:>
:>I have filecomander FC2 in a well known path and use it if console login
:>needed.
:>
:>http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/util/shell/fc2_240.zip
:>http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/util/shell/fc2wps.zip
:>
:>You find the net.acc at:
:>
:>$:\IBMLAN\ACOUNTS\NET.ACC this is the running version
:>$:\IBMLAN\INSTALL\NETACC
:>
:>I believe you can copy from INSTALL to ACOUNTS but please make a backup
:>of them. If you start with deletet net.acc OS/2 may copy net.acc by
:>himselve.
:>
:>/-------------------------------------------------------
:>=> From my history
:>
:>1. Reboot and when the "OS/2" message appears, press Alt-F1.
:>2. Drop to the command prompt (use original CONFIG.SYS).
:>3. Replace C:\IBMLAN\ACCOUNTS\NET.ACC with C:\IBMLAN\INSTALL\NET.ACC.
:>4. Reboot.
:>5. After Peer has been started, log on using USERID/PASSWORD and you'll
:>have access to Peer again as administrator.
Thanks, Copying the original NET.ACC over the existing one and logging
in with USERID/PASSWORD did the trick.
Mat Nieuwenhoven