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From: Marcus Keane <keanem@indigo.ie>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Password issues
Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 21:19:20 +0100
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Enoch Wexler 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>
>
Unless you set the console to "insecure" in /etc/ttys

Marcus.


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