Subject: Re: off topic: Passwords
To: Christopher R. Bowman <crb@chrisbowman.com>
From: Ronald C.F. Antony <rcfa@cubiculum.com>
List: port-next68k
Date: 12/14/1998 11:43:56
> Also from single user mode, you can backup the old Netinfo database by mv
> /etc/netinfo /etc/netinfo.backup and then copy a fresh clean version by cp
> -r /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo /etc then restart the cube with shutdown
> -r now and your machine will come up with its admin database just like it
> was when
> it came out of the box, but all the user directories will be untouched.

Essentially, that's what's described in the NeXTanswers  Q&A, plus how
to get rid of the hardware password. In a bit more detail, though.

Ronald
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