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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!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.inetnebr.com!newsrelay.courtave.net!news.advicom.net!news3.crl.com!nntp3.crl.com!howland.erols.net!ais.net!News1.Toronto.iSTAR.net!news.istar.net!news2.interlog.com!news.interlog.com!patrick.interlog.com!patrick From: Patrick McConnell <patrick@patrick.interlog.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Lost Password on crash Date: 26 Jun 1997 11:23:50 GMT Organization: InterLog Internet Services Lines: 19 Message-ID: <5otjg6$mh8@news.interlog.com> References: <19970626021701.WAA24523@ladder01.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: patrick.interlog.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA 970516; i386 FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43567 A731107 <a731107@aol.com> wrote: > I've crashed my 2.2.1 machine twice. Both times, it has lost the password > files, hostname, host information. Can someone explain why? > Couold someone tell this most dense person a backdoor to get in at say teh > single user level? Sure would prevent regular rebuilds :) Well, I don't know the answer to your main problem, but to boot in single user mode, just type "-s" at the Boot: prompt. Patrick -- Patrick McConnell (patrick@interlog.com) Finger info: http://www.interlog.com/~patrick/finger "640k ought to be enough for anybody." -Bill Gates, 1981