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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!netnews.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!cpac.washington.edu!joshua From: joshua@cpac.washington.edu (Joshua Geller) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: root passwd Message-ID: <JOSHUA.93Sep30144843@bailey.cpac.washington.edu> Date: 30 Sep 93 22:48:43 GMT Article-I.D.: bailey.JOSHUA.93Sep30144843 References: <CE6AA1.Mot@cs.uiuc.edu> <28f72dINNk7m@rrzs3.uni-regensburg.de> Organization: Institute for the Study of Ancient Science Lines: 14 NNTP-Posting-Host: bailey.cpac.washington.edu In-reply-to: joshua@cpac.washington.edu's message of 30 Sep 93 22:45:57 GMT In article <28f72dINNk7m@rrzs3.uni-regensburg.de> c9020@rrzc1a (Hubert Feyrer) writes: > Ming-Hwa Torng (torng@cs.uiuc.edu) wrote: > > 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? > I'd suggest booting from CD or tape ... that's not necessary; he can abort and boot in single user mode (I sent him mail telling him how). josh