On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Michael G. Schabert wrote:

> >On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, David Linker wrote:
> >
> >root:EncryptedPasswordIsHere:0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh
> >
> >Make it look like
> >
> >root::0:0::0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh


> Actually that _shouldn't_ work, since the master.passwd file isn't used for
> password lookups. What is used is pwd.db, a binary database formed from
> master.passwd. You should boot into single-user mode, do a vipw, delete the
> encrypted password & then exit to multi-user mode.

right you are.  I'm halfway thinking in slowlaris mode where /etc/shadow
is used, but of course there's no installer...  Your method, of
course, is the right one.  Thanks for the correction.

-Dan