8 Jun
1999
8 Jun
'99
9:56 p.m.
I was able to boot the system in single-user mode and
got in as ROOT. I
don't know the exact boot sequence because my terminal failed during the
process ( cold solder joint in the verticle defelection circuitry). By the
time I got it hooked up again, the system had completed booting and I was
magically logged in as ROOT. Yipee!!!
Before I can start the system in multiple user mode, I gotta figure out a
fail safe way to change the ROOT password. According to the MAN pages, you
gotta supply the current password if you use the "passwd" command. That
won't work because I don't know the current password. DOH!
Actually, most versions of passwd bypass the request for the old password
if you are running them as root. I'd try 'passwd root' and see what happens.
<<john>>