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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
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On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 12:28:18PM +0300, Gregory Edigarov wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> I forgot root pasword on my just installed server.
> I've tryed to recover it by going to single user, then doing=20
> mount -a; passwd root, but no success. It says "entropy device
> blocking. Dance fandago on keyboard to unlock".
> what can I do?

Type random stuff on the keyboard to generate entropy.

Kris

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