Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 20:15:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <sysop@mixcom.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help !! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970404201404.2591B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970404220253.006fa86c@mixcom.com>
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On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote: > >If you haven'tsecured the console, you can type '-s' at the boot: prompt > >to get to single user mode. From thereyou can use vipw and fix your root > >password. > > > >> I want to worked on the master.passwd file ! > > > >Only use vipw when editing the password file. > > Unless you know what your password is *after* is is encrypted, how can vipw > be used to change your password? You can use vipw and blank the password field, or/then use passwd as passwd user to change a specific user's password. (I can't remember how necessary it is to blank the password, I guess it depends on your situation) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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