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Re: [cobalt-security] reset root passwd via GUI
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] reset root passwd via GUI
- From: Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 21:09:35 -0400
- Organization: Front Street Networks LLC
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
On Friday 03 May 2002 07:28 pm, Mez wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have done a very silly thing and change my root password, and THOUGH i
> had wrote down what i had changed to, but i seem to have lost what i wrote
> the passwd on (as it was random generated i have no idea)
>
> I still know the admin pass and have access to the GUI, anyone know if
> there any way at all to reset the root passwd via the web interface?
>
> I am using an raq3
>
stick a paper clip in that little hole just to the right of the display,
then quickly go to admin and change the password
now root and admin are the same
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