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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 15:00:44 +0800
From: Victor Tayer <Victor.Tayer@morganstanley.com>
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To: Bart Matthaei <bart@dreamflow.nl>
Cc: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>, security@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: login problem
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i think booting the server in single-user mode will do the job

jett tayer

Bart Matthaei wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 10:12:28PM +0100, Miguel Mendez wrote:
> > Hello? password-less as in 'please hack me?'
> >
> > No, it's actually *disabled*. Check you /etc/master.passwd
> >
> > toor:*:0:0::0:0:Bourne-again Superuser:/root:
>
> Thats what I meant.
>
> "It hasn't got a password" isn't "It has an empty password".
>
> But sorry if it came out wrong.
>
> Anyway, "It hasn't got a password" , so you can't log in with it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bart
>
> --
> Bart Matthaei                 bart@dreamflow.nl
>
> Kiss me twice.  I'm schizophrenic.
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