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From: greyham@ausonics.OZ (Greyham Stoney)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: 1.3a/b update, comp.sources.minix? (really root password avoidance)
Message-ID: <41@ausonics.OZ>
Date: 29 Sep 88 01:42:45 GMT
References: <2545@sultra.UUCP>
Organization: Ausonics Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia
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in article <2545@sultra.UUCP>, dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan) says:
> 
[stuff about his difficulty with the root password....]
> I guess that qualifies me for a rijksdaalder (whatever that is)!!
						^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - well, yeah!

yeah, it is a bit of a stumper when you hit it first time; but how about
this: (it works under 1.1, I don't know about 1.2, 1.3a/b/c/....)

	upon booting, when it says to mount the root filesystem disk in the
drive, just shove something else (say, /usr since it's probably in your hand)
in the drive. And what do you know? root shell!

	so, spose that rijksdaalder should be in the mail any day now....
								:-)
		Greyham
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