On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Albert C. Uy wrote:
..
> i once lost a password on a slackware box once...luckily i had the boot
> and root disks from installation handy. i booted from them, mounted the
> boot partition(hd), renamed /etc/passwd, and copied the /etc/passwd file
> over. Be sure to restore the original /etc/passwd, else you'll be setting
> yourself up for a fall.
That's just as easy to do on Sparc: L1-A, sync, then boot cdrom from the
PROM monitor. But my requirement is that the machine should NOT have to be
rebooted.
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