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From: keith waters <keith4@ilink.nis.za>
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Subject: MISSING master.passwd !!! Please Help!!
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 18:05:03 +0200 (SAT)
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Hi all...

I have a rather immediate urgent problem...

My master.passwd file is missing!

I have passwd, spwd.db and pwd.db

Has anybody out there ever reverse-generated the passwords?

Please HELP!!!

Thanks
Keith Waters
(keith@nis.za)