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From: jak@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US (Jay A. Konigsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: Getting to root when the password has been lost
Message-ID: <4029@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US>
Date: 21 Sep 90 16:35:51 GMT
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Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix, Sacramento, Ca.
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>Is this something that should be bandied about on the net?? Or am I
>being too picky?
>Andy
>
>>You  are  right..it shouldn't be.  Why don't we start talking  about  hot
>>wiring cars and picking locks?
>

While there are several ways of busting root that shouldn't be public,
there _is_ one way normally available _only_ available to the System
Administrator.

Do a partial restore of the OS.


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