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Author Help! Lost Webmin password (newbie)
viz

2004-06-29, 8:41 am

I have an old box (PII 350) running Debian under my desk. Most days - even
weeks - it just mumbles to itself without any help from me - it runs my
network, print server and NAT. In fact it is so reliable I have forgotten
how to operate it :-(

Somewhere along the line I have lost my Webmin password - I am thoroughly
suspicious about some MS patches I downloaded. I am normally very thorough
in keeping my passwords in a safe place, or use a generic one for low
security applications, and it mystifies me how Webmin logon now no longer
accepts my "normal" password...

So question - how can I solve this problem? Can I get into the bowels of my
old clunker linux box and delete a file or something??? I did have a back up
on another server - which promptly self desctructed when I requested it give
me back the backup. Probably something it ate...

Any advice much appreciated

/viz
(who is darkly thinking of a large bucket of water may fix things -
permanently!)


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