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From: sarima@tdatirv.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: Getting to root when the password has been lost
Message-ID: <12@tdatirv.UUCP>
Date: 8 Oct 90 23:26:38 GMT
References: <15807@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Reply-To: sarima@tdatirv.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Organization: Teradata Corp., Irvine
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In article <15807@shlump.nac.dec.com> cooper@hpsrad.enet.dec.com (cooper in the shadows) writes:
 
>>Do a partial restore of the OS.
 
>Unless the procedure has changed in the last 6 years you shouldn't
>have to go this far.  You should just be able to reboot the system as
>standalone and you are automagically logged in as root from the
>booting terminal.

Things *have* changed in the last 6 years.  Many (or most) vendors now
deliver a UNIX that requires the root password to enter single-user mode.
Thus, without the root password, you cannot get into the standalone mode.
The partial resore may indeed be the only 'legitimate' way back in.
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