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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP: lost root passwd
Date: 27 May 1996 10:19:54 GMT
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james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) wrote:

> : Everyting went well until I was so stupid to use chpass to change my
> : root password. I typed it unencrypted !! 
> : Consequently I cannot login as root anymore.

> Hmm, I think you meant encrypted there... 8-)

Nope, he typed the unencrypted password in the chpass editor at the
field where one should put the encrypted one in. <:)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)