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From: bouyer@bsdtest.ensta.fr (Manuel Bouyer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: root passwd
Date: 30 Sep 1993 20:37:06 GMT
Organization: Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees, Paris
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Distribution: world
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References: <CE6AA1.Mot@cs.uiuc.edu>
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Keywords: root

In article <CE6AA1.Mot@cs.uiuc.edu>, torng@cs.uiuc.edu (Ming-Hwa Torng) writes:
|> A might be simple question ...
|> 
|> I forgot my root passwd on my sun workstation, a stand alone workstation.
|> Is there a way to break the startup and reset /etc/passwd? 
|> 
Can't you boot single user?
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Manuel Bouyer
email: bouyer@ensta.fr
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