C2 and forgotten passwd

From: Dana Huggard <DHuggard_at_cuedatawest.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:08:28 -0800

What can one do quickly to recover a machine running 4.0d and enhanced
security, where the root password has been forgotten.

I have one procedure from Compaq support but it doesn't work. In this
procedure, after booting in single-user, there is a `cp` of
`/tcb/files/auth/r/.proto..root` to `/tcb/files/auth/r/root`
I ran `diff` on these two files and there is no difference, so I don't see
how that can work.

Does anyone have a procedure? (I'm approaching desperation!)
Thank you. I would be happy to post a summary after.

Dana Huggard
Systems Support Programmer
CUE Datawest Ltd.
Phone: (604) 734-7494 ext. 3138
Email: dhuggard_at_cuedatawest.com
www.cuedatawest.com
Received on Tue Feb 22 2000 - 22:09:49 NZDT

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