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From: psfales@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (Peter Fales)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Help on PC7300
Message-ID: <12234@cbnewsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 14 Dec 89 05:00:17 GMT
References: <808@tijc02.UUCP>
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In article <808@tijc02.UUCP>, cgh018@tijc02.UUCP (Calvin Hayden ) writes:
> I remember from an ATT course that if you somehow
> forgot your root password, that you could shutdown and reboot
> from a floppy (a diagnostic, or field service one if I remember
> correctly), and that the floppy contained a routine that would
> let you reset your root password.

Without going into a lot of details, here is the basic idea:

1) Boot the system from the "Floppy Boot Disk" from the foundation set.
2) When it prompts for the "Floppy File System," insert the disk and
	hit return.
3) When it asks the next question (something like "Do you really want
	to initialize your disk?"), hit DEL.
4) You will be at a shell prompt with the hard disk mounted on /mnt.
5) Use /mnt/bin/ed to edit /mnt/etc/passwd.
6) Don't forget to "umount /dev/rfp002" before rebooting.

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