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From: 026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca (Michael Richards)
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Subject: Lost root password
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Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 10:47:19 -0300 (ADT)
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Hmmm. I seem to have mistaken my root password when I changed it... 
Now how do I get root again from the console? Fortunately/unfortunately it
does not appear as simple as:
lilo init=/bin/base rw

:)

thanks
-Mike