Hi
hscroot@hmc2_p630:~> lshmc -V
Version: 3
Release: 3.6
HMC Build level 20050706.1
hscroot@hmc2_p630:~>
hscroot@hmc2_p630:~> cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.4.19-4GB-SMP (root@mcpbuild0) (gcc version 3.2.2) #1 SMP Tue Apr 12 23:51:32 UTC 2005
hscroot@hmc2_p630:~>
Hmmm, well, if you have managed to get into rescue then you can view the contents of /etc/shadow file, you can create a backup of such file and edit this file so hscroot userid does not have a password.
Linux Root Password Recovery
Hope this helps