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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!rde!ksmith!keith
- From: keith@ksmith.uucp (Keith Smith)
- Subject: Re: Single-user mode boot on SCO UNIX - not a solution
- Organization: Keith's Computer, Hope Mills, NC
- Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 04:00:58 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep05.040058.1883@ksmith.uucp>
- References: <1992Aug25.195455.1065@ksvltd.fi> <1992Aug28.201249.29451@smallo.bo.open.de> <1992Sep3.164006.12354@sci34hub.sci.com>
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- In article <1992Sep3.164006.12354@sci34hub.sci.com> gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug28.201249.29451@smallo.bo.open.de> oklein@smallo.bo.open.de (Olaf Klein) writes:
- [ Lost root password ... ]
- >
- >...speaking of not knowledgeable, you suggested:
- >
- >>I would try to boot with N1, N2 or the emergency disks (if accessible)
- >>and then mount /dev/root. After that `mv /mnt/etc/passwd to
- >>/mnt/etc/passwd.old` and boot from harddisk...
- >
- >....which will probably fail, as the login program wouldn't be able to
- >locate *any* userid, so no matter who you try to log in as, it'll fail.
- >Go read your manuals.
-
- Hehehe, Way to flame. too bad you are wrong Mr Knowledgeable.
-
- Once /etc/passwd is missing the system will immediately drop into system
- maintenance mode at boot time with a message saying the same due to lack
- of login capability without a passwd file. login will *NEVER* execute
- as you will be in Single user mode.
-
- I'd suggest you make sure you know what the Hell you are talking about
- before you correct someone who obviously does.
-
- > (Hey, Barry, here's another posting from me for you to flame.)
-
- Mind if I do it for Him?
-
- >
- >
- >--
- >Gary Heston SCI Systems, Inc. gary@sci34hub.sci.com site admin
- >The Chairman of the Board and the CFO speak for SCI. I'm neither.
- > The most dangerous person in the world is Jessica Fletcher.
- > Everywhere she goes, people die.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- I agree. I would not want to even KNOW the woman. It can be fatal.
- More friends and Family die....
-
-
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