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Date:      Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:19:47 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        ZAPPING ON LINE - Service de Presse <zapping@worldnet.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Help !!
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970327111817.354A-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <333080A9.1B3A@worldnet.fr>

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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




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