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Subject: Re: [Thanks!] I lost root password!
From: Stephen Diercouff <sgd @ tfm . com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 21:30:18 -0700
To: Juyoung Park <jypark @ comsun . chungnam . ac . kr>
Cc: firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 26 Jul 1996 12:48:11 +1000."

> 
> Maybe, I think it seems foolish of me eraseing all accounts & making new
> accounts.. but as for me, there's no way to recover I think..  *.^
> 
> Actually, this is my first time, loosing root passwd & crashing my file syst
em..
> 
> Would you give me your suggestions making my system more robust?
> And thank you in advance..

1. make a spare root account -- toor - you're not likely to wipe out both
root and toor at the same time.

2. restore (8) - restore files or file systems from backups made with dump
 

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