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Bugtraq archives for 2nd quarter (Apr-Jun) 1995: Re: password backdoors (on Apollo)

Re: password backdoors (on Apollo)

Dan Thorson (Dan_Thorsonnotes.seagate.com)
11 May 95 8:02:37 EDT

Sure, shut the machine, REset, then (and I can't remember the exact sequence) 
you should be able to modify the /etc/passwd file, re-start the OS, root has 
the password (or lack thereof) you set up in the previous step.

Just another example of physical security being important.

dct