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From: amoss@huji.ac.il (Amos Shapira)
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Subject: Re: Getting to root when the password has been lost
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Date: 7 Sep 90 08:44:51 GMT
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SCEF0003%WSUVM1.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu (James N. Petersen) writes:

>Recently, we had a graduate student leave, after having changed the
>password for root on our UNIX V/3.2.2 system (AT&T UNIX/386).  Is there
>any way we can get in and reset the password to a known value?

Well, I have never operated a UNIX on a PC, but in general, there should
be a way to boot the system to single user, this should give you a root
shell without having to know the password (at least on the CCI and the VAX
I operated here).
But maybe because anyone could access the machine physically, this option is
not avialable in this case.

Hope this helps,
Amos Shapira
amoss@batata.huji.ac.il