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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers,London,(0956) 361 769,(0181) 840 7880)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: SU password
Date: 16 Jan 1995 20:28:44 -0000
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The Cleaner (scribe@netcom.com) wrote:
: Boot your system with the install boot disk, DON'T fdisk your drive,
: assign your partitions to mount points in disklabel, and choose Fix-It.
: Your system will reboot with the install kernel, and then use the CPIO
: disk(?). You will get a screen that says choose NO to get a shell- choose
: NO. You will now have a shell with root priviledges. Use vipw to edit
: master.passwd (you have no path set, so you need to specify a full path).
: Delete the encrypted password for root( second field) and save the file.
: mv /kernel.before.fix-it /kernel and mv /etc/init.before.fix-it
: /etc/init. Reboot. You should be able to login as root now.
: scribe@netcom.com
Isn't this a bit extreme ?
What's wrong with
boot: sd(0,a)/kernel -s
or even pressing ctrl-c during fsck.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....