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From: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com>
To: romank@graphnet.com
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In-reply-to: <35915453.F1326936@graphnet.com> (message from Roman Katsnelson
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Subject: Re: root passwd
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This is not as great a security breach as you might expect.  One needs
physical access to the machine and enough time to do it.  If I have
physical access to a machine and 5 minutes, it is mine.

Try:

Boot to single user.  Enter -s at the boot prompt.

Accept the default shell.

mount -a
passwd root
  <enter the new password>
exit

passwd is in /usr/bin.

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