Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:10039 alt.security:1138 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!alix!isolated From: isolated@alix.UUCP (20 James D. Corder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,alt.security Subject: Is this a good Idea? WAS Re: root passwd change on 3b2/310 Keywords: 3B2 Password Message-ID: <294@alix.UUCP> Date: 20 Jul 90 21:47:40 GMT References: <34137@ut-emx.UUCP> Reply-To: isolated@alix.UUCP (James D. Corder) Organization: EZ-C-Lite, Inc., Columbus, Ohio Lines: 22 In article <34137@ut-emx.UUCP> rchan@ut-emx.UUCP (Ricardo Chan) writes: >I have a 3B2/310 computer with an unknown root passwd. >Could anyone tell me the procedure to get to it and change it? >I got stuck in the part about getting into the hardware mode. >I'll appreciate any responses and promise to keep them in a safer >place this time. Hello NetPeople:-) I was about to respawn to this question. Then it struck me: How does one know if said poster is the SysAdmin? If he/she is then I would have no problem giving out such information. Could a responce to such cause the root [zero id] password to be changed on all the 3B2s at BigWig U? Interesting topic?:-) Just my .02$, James D. Corder ...osu-cis!alix!jdc ...att!osu-cis!alix!jdc alix!jdc@cis.ohio-state.edu