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Date:      Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:42:40 -0400
From:      Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net>
To:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: su change?
Message-ID:  <20010403144240.H9618@pir.net>
In-Reply-To: <3ACA1755.7C98C5@alum.mit.edu>; from cjclark@alum.mit.edu on Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 11:32:53AM -0700
References:  <005401c0bc63$7cb36650$0202a8c0@majorzoot> <001f01c0bc68$681a2b20$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> <20010403140935.F9618@pir.net> <3ACA12FF.F4000B95@allmaui.com> <3ACA1755.7C98C5@alum.mit.edu>

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Crist Clark <cjclark@alum.mit.edu> probably said:

[misquoted text cut. please learn to quote correctly]

> If you've put a password in the boot PROM and forgotten that however, you 
> are fscked. Time to buy a new chip!

*sigh*
You don't know when to give up, do you ?

What does forgetting the prom password on a sparc have to do with your
incorrect comment on screwing up root's password entry on a Solaris
box ?

Oh, and you're incorrect again. You can remove a lost PROM password
without replacing the PROM, assuming you have physical access which
you'd have to have to replace it. Some are easier than others and the
easier ones depend on other settings in the prom, but it can be done
in several ways.

The NVRAM FAQ lists some of them;
  http://www.squirrel.com/squirrel/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html

Quit wasting time and bandwidth arguing about things you don't know
enough about on inappropriate lists ?

P.

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pir                  pir@pir.net                    pir@net.tufts.edu


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