Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!samsung!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!charon!siebren From: siebren@cwi.nl (Siebren van der Zee) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Help! What's the password? Message-ID: <1357@charon.cwi.nl> Date: 8 May 90 14:32:37 GMT References: <5713@hplabsb.HP.COM> <3090003@hpgnd.HP.COM> Sender: news@cwi.nl Lines: 9 laurent@hpgnd.HP.COM (Laurent JULLIARD) writes: >you can change any password by editing /etc/passwd ^^^^^^ I bet you ment 'delete' any password. Passwords should be changed with 'passwd' - unless you can compute the encrypted version of your password yourself. Siebren