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From: babak@scorpio.sprc.qut.edu.au (Babak Mohajerin)
Subject: change the super user password 
Message-ID: <1994May31.081353.5519@news.qut.edu.au>
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Organization: Signal Processing Research Center, QUT, AUS
References:  <2s5rfj$j90@imladris.frmug.fr.net>
Date: Tue, 31 May 94 08:13:53 GMT
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Hi

I have received a 486 pc running NetBSD without the superuser
password. I tried to change it by going to single user mode and edit
/etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd. Althought I was able to do that, I
couldn't log in as a superuser without a password entry. I wander if
there is another file which has too be editied as well?

I appreciate any help in this matter

with many thanks 

Babak

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