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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, ZAPPING ON LINE - Service de Presse wrote:

> My login Root is blocked !! :(

Did you forget the password?

> what is the solution ?

If you haven'tsecured the console, you can type '-s' at the boot: prompt
to get to single user mode.  From thereyou can use vipw and fix your root
password.

> I want to worked on the master.passwd file !

Only use vipw when editing the password file.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major