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Date:      Tue, 22 Aug 1995 19:25:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Branson Matheson <branson@dvals1.larc.nasa.gov>
To:        erich@lodgenet.com (Eric L. Hernes)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Questions)
Subject:   Re: Root passwd again!
Message-ID:  <199508222325.TAA02420@dvals1.larc.nasa.gov>
In-Reply-To: <199508222240.RAA28636@jake.lodgenet.com> from "Eric L. Hernes" at Aug 22, 95 05:40:16 pm

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> 
> This means that you made your console insecure.
> As far as I know, your only option now is a reinstall. :(

 Not true!!!!

 make a boot floppy and boot from there... goto the maintenance shell and
make your changes to /etc/passwd ( and /etc/ttys ) ... Probably the best 
way is the boot from dos option.

 -branson

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