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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!howland.erols.net!europa.clark.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.apfel.de!univ-lyon1.fr!fdn.fr!r2d2.fdn.org!sphynx.fdn.fr!causse From: causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (Philippe Causse) Subject: Re: Password issues X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: individual - paris - france Message-ID: <EAv118.x0@sphynx.fdn.fr> References: <337e914c.418331@news.ibm.net.il> <337f0cec.3564540@news.ibm.net.il> <338B41C8.1E7C9C2A@indigo.ie> Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 21:58:20 GMT Lines: 33 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41734 Marcus Keane (keanem@indigo.ie) wrote: : Enoch Wexler wrote: : > On Sun, 18 May 1997 05:32:31 GMT, Enoch wrote: : > : > >I upgraded a 2.1.5 sys to 2.2.2 but forgot to choose a root password. : > : > >What is the default password of the new 2.2.2 sys? : > : > Found the answer to the above shortly after posting. Pressed the ^C : > during bootup. The system entered single user (root) mode. Mounted the : > : > main disk. Used 'passwd' to set the root's password... : > : > So every passerby can do the same...<shiver> : > : Unless you set the console to "insecure" in /etc/ttys And back to the beginning of this thread !!! Yeah, something's looping somewhere :-) in this thread... : Marcus. : ======================================================================= : Marcus Keane / Indigo Internet Services URL:http://www.indigo.ie/ : email: keanem@indigo.ie phone: Intl-353-1-6046901 : ======================================================================= Philippe. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- P. Causse http://www.fdn.fr/~pcausse 4.4BSD/X11R6/Motif-2.0/C++ mailto:causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (UUCP)