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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 15:33:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To: mercer28@gte.net
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Subject: Re: HELP! Like an idiot I deleted my /etc/passwd file.
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look in /var/backups


On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Michael E. Mercer wrote:

> Hello all,
> 	Can someone please point me to the right place to get a generic copy 
> of a /etc/passwd file so I can re-create mine.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Michael
> 
> ps: please reply back to mercer28@gte.net and not to root@YouAreAt.my.domain
> because that address will not exist.
> 
>