Re: Forgot lan/peer password

From	"Mat Nieuwenhoven" <mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl>
Newsgroups	comp.os.os2.ecomstation
Subject	Re: Forgot lan/peer password
Date	2017-01-30 19:26 +0100
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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

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Forgot lan/peer password "Mat Nieuwenhoven" <mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> - 2017-01-26 12:00 +0100
  Re: Forgot lan/peer password fritz chwolka <fritz_chwolka@t-online.de> - 2017-01-26 14:13 +0100
    Re: Forgot lan/peer password "Mat Nieuwenhoven" <mnieuw@dontincludethis.zap.a2000.nl> - 2017-01-30 19:26 +0100
  Re: Forgot lan/peer password "Andi B." <andi.b@gmx.net> - 2017-01-28 17:01 +0100
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