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From: roberto@cwi.nl (Rob ten Kroode)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re:  default passwords
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Date: 30 Jun 89 09:54:36 GMT
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In article <18774@louie.udel.EDU> jnall%FSU.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu (John Nall 904-644-5241) writes:
>Iain Wacey writes:
>>  Could someone please send me the defulat (sic) passwords for the
>>  ast and root accounts for MinixINIX 1.1. ...
>
>This issue has come up before, and the general concensus of the net seemed
>to be that someone only (legally) obtains the software by buying
>the book (or the manual), and that anyone without with book (or
>manual) has to be suspect.  Therefore, although it obviously is
>going to be unfair to some, the passwords should NOT be sent out..

This is definitely not true! You can buy "The Book" without buying the software
and you can buy the book without buying The Book (and there are rumours that
there are people who buy both...:-)). So obviously it is possible to actually
buy MINIX without knowing the passwords. Besides, you are allowed to make a few
copies. This means that someone can obtain a legal version of MINIX without 
buying the disks!

And now back to the original question:
Login: root
Password: Geheim

(Well, this was the password two years ago...)

Rob.
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