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From: lear@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (eliot lear)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: ATT 3b2 firmware password
Message-ID: <6060@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Thu, 2-Oct-86 15:40:20 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  2 15:40:20 1986
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No security hole required if you have root access and wish to obtain
the floppy key.  Simply go into crash and check out nvram fwnvr (or
something like that).  The password is stored as text but crash won't
let you see it unless you are root.

						eliot
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The mind is a wonderful thing to waste!!

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