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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!news.dfn.de!scsing.switch.ch!univ-lyon1.fr!ensta!bsdtest.ensta.fr!bouyer From: bouyer@bsdtest.ensta.fr (Manuel Bouyer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: root passwd Date: 30 Sep 1993 20:37:06 GMT Organization: Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees, Paris Lines: 11 Distribution: world Message-ID: <28fg1i$18b@homea.ensta.fr> References: <CE6AA1.Mot@cs.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsdtest.ensta.fr Keywords: root In article <CE6AA1.Mot@cs.uiuc.edu>, torng@cs.uiuc.edu (Ming-Hwa Torng) writes: |> 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? |> Can't you boot single user? -- Manuel Bouyer email: bouyer@ensta.fr --