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From: vanmane@sumax.UUCP (Mohan Vanmane)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: passwd file corrupted
Message-ID: <664@sumax.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jun 89 22:58:05 GMT
Organization: Seattle University, Seattle, WA
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I have a Convergent Tech miniframe running unix system V.
Last thing I did on the system was change the root password (while
I was logged in as root).

Since then no one can login.  System seems to be running fine.  I reset the
system and it boots up fine. File system is OK and the system comes up
in multiuser mode.

How can I bring this machine down to administrative mode so that I can
change the password file?

I appreciate any help to solve this problem.

Thank you.


vanmane%sumax.uucp@beaver.cs.washington.edu