[dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password

MartyConnelly martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Tue May 29 19:02:42 CDT 2007


You could use Monarch to read the print files for about $300

Maybe you get lucky
The default user and password for Informix
is informix

 http://www.virus.org/default-password/view/All/18/

Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software wrote:

>Reports to a file - that's an option.  PITA, but could be some $$ for me.
>
>Rocky 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:22 PM
>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password
>
>Strings like a connection to database might still be intact. Probably not
>but it's possible. Depends on what tool it was created with. It's not LIKELY
>that it would be found but it's not completely out of the question either.
>
>Does the application do reports that could be printed to a text file and
>then read back in as data?  I've done a lot of that kind of stuff.
>It's a pain to stip off the column headings etc and get to the data columns
>but it's doable. Harder when the reports are multi-line but still doable.
>
>GK
>
>On 5/29/07, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
>wrote:
>  
>
>>I'll ask, but I'll be a quarter that the code is compiled.
>>
>>Rocky
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:09 AM
>>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password
>>
>>You MIGHT be able to text search though the actual software code and
>>find it if it's not encrypted.   Search for something like "password="
>>with a text editor.
>>
>>GK
>>
>>On 5/29/07, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software 
>><rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
>>wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>They have an application they have been using since 1999 for BOMs, 
>>>MRP, inventory control, etc.  The company who sold it to them  - a 
>>>Singapore software house - is out of business.  So there's no 
>>>support for the application.  But it's working.  I think they're 
>>>getting nervous though, and, they want to export their data before 
>>>picking a
>>>      
>>>
>>replacement system.
>>    
>>
>>>Converting the existing data would be key.
>>>
>>>Even though I have the U.S. trademark on E-Z-MRP, this company in 
>>>Singapore took the name - their product was called E-Z-MRP II.  So 
>>>when the user started looking around the internet for support, he 
>>>found
>>>      
>>>
>>me.
>>    
>>
>>>If I can break into this Informix db and get their data out, I'll 
>>>convert it to an E-Z-MRP database and see if I can get them to go 
>>>for my system.  But no one there knows what the user name and 
>>>password is for
>>>      
>>>
>>the Informix db.
>>    
>>
>>>The user spoke with his predecessor and he doesn't know either.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Rocky
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim 
>>>Lawrence
>>>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:34 AM
>>>To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
>>>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password
>>>
>>>Hi Rocky:
>>>
>>>How are they getting the data out of their database now?
>>>
>>>Jim
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky 
>>>Smolin at Beach Access Software
>>>Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 10:39 PM
>>>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>>>Cc: List
>>>Subject: [dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password
>>>
>>>Dear List(s):
>>>
>>>A prospect in Singapore wants to abandon their current manufacturing 
>>>system and go to a new one.  The problem is:
>>>
>>>1) the current product has no data import or export functions
>>>2) it's an orphan - the original company is out of business
>>>3) the platform is Informix
>>>4) it is password protected and they do not know the user name and 
>>>password
>>>5) they cannot connect to it using the Informix ODBC driver.  Says 
>>>they tried both ADO and DAO. (probably because they don't have the 
>>>user name and password).
>>>6) the database is 1GB so they can't send it easily.
>>>7) they don't need the user name and password to run the program.
>>>Just if they want to open the back end directly.  The program is 
>>>working
>>>      
>>>
>>OK.
>>    
>>
>>>But they're nervous and want to get away from this system and into 
>>>something with support, I would guess.
>>>
>>>If I can get the data out I've got a shot at replacing this system 
>>>with my own.
>>>
>>>Does anyone have any experience with Informix and know how to break in?
>>>
>>>MTIA
>>>
>>>Rocky
>>>
>>>P.S.  They called me because in the mid 90s a company in Singapore 
>>>took the name of my product E-Z-MRP and made one called E-Z-MRP II, 
>>>which is what this guy is using.  So he looked up E-Z-MRP on the web 
>>>and found me.  So I called him tonight in Singapore to get the 
>>>details
>>>- find out if he had a bootleg copy of my system.  He sent me some 
>>>screen shots of the opening screens, and I saw right away it was not 
>>>mine
>>>      
>>>
>>but the imposter.
>>    
>>

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Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada




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