I have an old compaq running sco 3.2. the old IT guy died and we need to reset the password OR crack into the machine. I have tried mscreen and at exploits but can't seem to get them to work. I have access with other user accounts. This is a machine we own.
Do you have the installation media, or an emergency boot floppy?
If so, boot from it and start a shell, then change the password.
Do any of the scripts in /etc/rc2.d have non root write (ie 0775 or 0777), if so you can modify it to run passwd during a re-boot.
What is the output of "uname -X" ?
no non-root writable access in /etc/rc2.d
$ uname -X
System = product
Node = product
Release = 3.2v4.1
KernelID = 92/06/04
Machine = i80486
BusType = EISA
Serial = sco030085
Users = unlim
OEM# = 0
Origin# = 1
NumCPU = 2
Do you have a 3-1/2 and/or 5-1/4 diskette drive(s)?
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Are the hard drives integrated IDE (IDA) or SCSI, and if SCSI is the host adapter built into the motherboard or in a slot? Which is a convoluted way of asking, can the disks be moved to another machine?
Since you own the machine, you have physical access to the drives.
So, simply mount the disk on another machine and change the password in the password file.
There is no reason to "crack" the machine when you have physical access to the disk drives; just mount the disk on another machine and edit the password file directly.