Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 22:02:54 -0600 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <sysop@mixcom.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help !! Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970404220253.006fa86c@mixcom.com>
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At 01:17 PM 3/30/97 -0800, Doug White wrote: >On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote: > >> Huh? What about 'passwd root' or 'chpass root'? > >Don't you have to be root to do this? Yes, or single user as you mentioned. Here is the original reply: At 11:19 AM 3/27/97 -0800, Doug White wrote: --snip-- >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? ------------------------------------------- Jeff Mountin - System/Network Administrator jeff@mixcom.net MIX Communications Serving the Internet since 1990
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