Hello,
I've had a NeXTstation for years — in storage.
When I turned it on and tried to use it recently, I ran into a brick wall: the login screen.
Is there a way to bypass this?
I have no vital data on the computer. I'm not opposed to a clean wipe.
If you can help at all, thank you.
You can boot into single user mode, and set the password from there. I think that to get into single user mode, you press cmd-~ after powerup, before the boot starts. Then, type "bsd -s" at the prompt. When it comes up, run "passwd me" (or whatever username you used) to set the password, then exit single user mode and try logging in.
Thanks eagle, that should be helpful —
What if I'm not 100% sure on the login name? I definitely wrote it down somewhere but I've moved three times since then.
Screwed?
Try running "nidump passwd /" or "cat /etc/passwd" to see if you can figure out the username.
Thank you. I'll let you know what happens.