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Message-ID: <33506884.2B7@persephone.pinehurst.net> Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 01:00:52 -0400 From: Beth Morgan <isplist@persephone.pinehurst.net> Reply-To: isplist@persephone.pinehurst.net Organization: Internet of the Sandhills X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01GoldC-SANDHILLS (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Root Password Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.211.71.143 Lines: 8 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!nntp1.crl.com!news.pinehurst.net!207.211.71.143 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6635 Does anyone know what would happen if nobody knew the root password on a machine? Would one simply have to re-install everything and start over? For example, what if the System Administrator were to be fired (or something) and refused to reveak the password? How would anyone else be able to change it? Thanks, Beth