Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!acf4!leonard From: leonard@acf4.UUCP (shanna leonard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: undocumented option in AT&T System V, Version 2.0 Message-ID: <13050011@acf4.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 19:15:00 EDT Article-I.D.: acf4.13050011 Posted: Thu Jul 23 19:15:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 11:01:20 EDT References: <476@musky2.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 23 In comp.sys.att Roger Terrell writes: >We have an AT&T 3B2/300 running UNIX System V, version 2.0. There is >an undocumented option available when booting the machine from the >essential utilites floppies. When the first disk is inserted, a >menu is given with options to Install software, Remove software, and something >else which slips my mind right now. If you ignore these choices and type >'magic mode' (no quotes), it responds with the word 'POOF!' and then gives >you the same choices with one added: 'shell'. Obviously, this is a nice >option to have at that point... Yep! works with version 3.0 too. Looks like we should all make sure to change that firmware password from the default! Thanks, Roger, I was looking for something like that. I guess it pays to read netnews. Shanna Leonard Systems Group NYU/ACF ARPA:leonard@acf4.nyu.edu