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From: dold@mitisft.Convergent.COM (Clarence Dold)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: passwd file corrupted
Message-ID: <747@mitisft.Convergent.COM>
Date: 27 Jun 89 16:07:33 GMT
References: <664@sumax.UUCP>
Organization: Convergent Technologies, San Jose, CA
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in article <664@sumax.UUCP>, vanmane@sumax.UUCP (Mohan Vanmane) says:

> 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).

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

How can I tell, via news, whether this is a legitimate request from an
authorized System Administrator, or a joke from an 'Intro to UNIX' student
that has a bet with his teacher that he can break into the system?
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