• Re: Getting to root when the password has been lost

    From KP KP@21:1/5 to Jay A. Konigsberg on Mon Aug 1 15:56:16 2022
    On Friday, September 21, 1990 at 9:35:51 AM UTC-7, Jay A. Konigsberg wrote:
    Is this something that should be bandied about on the net?? Or am I
    being too picky?
    Andy

    You are right..it shouldn't be. Why don't we start talking about hot >>wiring cars and picking locks?

    While there are several ways of busting root that shouldn't be public,
    there _is_ one way normally available _only_ available to the System Administrator.
    Do a partial restore of the OS.

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    Jay @ SAC-UNIX, Sacramento, Ca. UUCP=...pacbell!sactoh0!jak
    If something is worth doing, its worth doing correctly.
    In your chittard.

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