Charles Stern (cstern@cox.net) wrote:
: Hi:

: If this is an RTFM question, please point me in the right direction, at
: least...

: I'm coming into a new job (Praised be!), and one of the immediate issues
: with which I'm faced is that the root password on "my" HP 9K is lost in
: the mists of time; the former admin of the machine left without doing a
: proper brain dump. Is it possible to reset the root password by booting
: off CD-ROM? If not, is there a way to recover the password?

boot it into single user mode and change the password.

--
Jim Hollenback
jholly@cup.hp.com
my opinion.