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inussd

2004-04-23, 1:34 pm

On one of the our machine (Sun Blade 100), the root password was lost
due to a unhappy sysadmin who left the company.

Is that anywhere that I can reset the passwd without re-install the
whole thing?
Bit Twister

2004-04-23, 1:34 pm

On 23 Apr 2004 10:13:23 -0700, inussd wrote:
> On one of the our machine (Sun Blade 100), the root password was lost
> due to a unhappy sysadmin who left the company.


Ask your company's lawyer to ask the xemp for the company's password.
Dave Hinz

2004-04-23, 2:34 pm

On 23 Apr 2004 10:13:23 -0700, inussd <inussd@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On one of the our machine (Sun Blade 100), the root password was lost
> due to a unhappy sysadmin who left the company.


That'll happen...

> Is that anywhere that I can reset the passwd without re-install the
> whole thing?


boot from cdrom & mount the / partition, change it in the passwd (or
shadow) file.


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