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From: woodman@sumax.UUCP (David Woodman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Stupidity..
Summary: clobbered passwd file...
Message-ID: <433@sumax.UUCP>
Date: 31 Mar 89 00:32:21 GMT
References: <13927@gryphon.COM>
Organization: Seattle University, Seattle, WA
Lines: 19

In article <13927@gryphon.COM>, marcr@pnet02.cts.com (Marc Runkel) writes:
> I've done something rather stupid. As in modifying my original disks
> accidentally so that I can no longer get into the system (I clobbered the
> passwd file).. Is there any way I can recover from this without getting a new
> Root File System disk?  Help please!

  When minix asks you to insert the /usr disk,
  I have found the killing the script will get you to root.
  On the PC/AT, the DEL key is what you want.
  On minix 1.3 you will not be able to use an editor
  until you set your TERM variable to minix.



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