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From: torng@cs.uiuc.edu (Ming-Hwa Torng)
Subject: root passwd
Message-ID: <CE6AA1.Mot@cs.uiuc.edu>
Keywords: root
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 15:13:13 GMT
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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? 

Thanks for any suggestions.
- Ming
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Ming-Hwa Torng     e-mail: torng@cs.uiuc.edu
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign