8000 passwords

Username xerox

Tech-ref      cixcos
Tech-Spec     socxic
Analyst       wizard
Manufacturing elf



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Booting the *Installer* (the first couple of disks of the 22 disk set
ViewPoint distribution) you are presented with a menu of numbered
choices (related to installing the OS). If you ignore these numbers,
and instead enter '911', you are prompted with a Dire Warning of Bad
Things. Replying with 'iaccepttherisk' gets you into a command-line
mode, with many powerful commands available - try 'help' as the first
one!

Booting the *Offline Diagnostics* (a standalone 2 disk set) gives you
a menu of three choice: Normal User, Admin, or Service. The first
isn't protected by a password. The other two - which give access to
the format command, and the ability to write a new bad page table, are
so protected. The Admin password I found to work was 'rgmsn'. The
Service password was 'rexifsn' (nsmgr and nsfixer respectively,
backwards, for those who are as slow as I am!).

Two other passwords I have heard suggested, but not tried, are 'foo'
and 'wizardmodeisnasty'. Not sure where they are to be used.


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