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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote:

> >If you haven'tsecured the console, you can type '-s' at the boot: prompt
> >to get to single user mode.  From thereyou can use vipw and fix your root
> >password.
> >
> >> I want to worked on the master.passwd file !
> >
> >Only use vipw when editing the password file.
> 
> Unless you know what your password is *after* is is encrypted, how can vipw
> be used to change your password?

You can use vipw and blank the password field, or/then use passwd as

passwd user

to change a specific user's password.  (I can't remember how necessary it
is to blank the password, I guess it depends on your situation)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major