Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!xanth!nic.MR.NET!hal!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Root passwd Message-ID: <13562@ncoast.ORG> Date: 12 Apr 89 02:47:11 GMT References: <133@bsadrc.UUCP> <7767@killer.Dallas.TX.US> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) Followup-To: comp.os.minix Organization: Cleveland Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, Oh Lines: 17 As quoted from <7767@killer.Dallas.TX.US> by wnp@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Wolf Paul): +--------------- | In article <133@bsadrc.UUCP> carver@bsadrc.UUCP (Darrel R. Carver) writes: | >however, Andy's book does not give the root passwd. I would like to | | You set it the same way as on UNIX, log in as root, and type "passwd". +--------------- Remember to copy the RAM disk out to the root filesystem floppy after changing *any* password, or your changes will be lost when you reboot. ++Brandon -- Brandon S. Allbery, moderator of comp.sources.misc allbery@ncoast.org uunet!hal.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@hal.cwru.edu Send comp.sources.misc submissions to comp-sources-misc@ NCoast Public Access UN*X - (216) 781-6201, 300/1200/2400 baud, login: makeuser