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On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 11:45:04AM -0700, John-Mark Gurney wrote..
> Mike Meyer wrote this message on Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 09:22 -0400:
> > > passwd root
> > 
> > Except you have to know the root password for that to work.
> 
> root is never asked what the old password is...

Why isn't this whole thread moved to -questions or wherever?

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Wilko Bulte				wilko@FreeBSD.org