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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc 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!howland.erols.net!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!fdn.fr!r2d2.fdn.org!sphynx.fdn.fr!causse From: causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (Philippe Causse) Subject: Re: Password issues X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: individual - paris - france Message-ID: <EAEAsA.1G3@sphynx.fdn.fr> References: <337e914c.418331@news.ibm.net.il> <337f0cec.3564540@news.ibm.net.il> Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 21:09:46 GMT Lines: 22 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41226 Enoch Wexler (enoch@wexler.spamthis.co.il) wrote: : On Sun, 18 May 1997 05:32:31 GMT, Enoch wrote: : >I upgraded a 2.1.5 sys to 2.2.2 but forgot to choose a root password. : >What is the default password of the new 2.2.2 sys? : Found the answer to the above shortly after posting. Pressed the ^C : during bootup. The system entered single user (root) mode. Mounted the : main disk. Used 'passwd' to set the root's password... : So every passerby can do the same...<shiver> Except if your console has been flagged as insecure ! See "man 5 ttys" for more information :-) BTW, same behaviour on Sun systems... (and same cure as well ;-] ) : Enoch. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- P. Causse http://www.fdn.fr/~pcausse 4.4BSD/X11R6/Motif-2.0/C++ mailto:causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (UUCP)