Re: [cobalt-users] xtr: root password changed itself

[Bruce <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

At 04:07 p.m. 12/11/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> I was downloading some updates from Bluelinq this afternoon.  A colleague 
> was installing some other software.  Now the root password is different, 
> so we (the only people that knew it) can't su.  We're stumped as to how 
> that happened.  Ever heard of this before?  Anything we can do short of a 
> complete restore?

This happened to one of our RaQ4s when it was OS restored, one of the 
patches caused the etc directory to become etC (dont know how) the only way 
to fix it was to pull the server down and use the front panel to rename the 
directory back.

Cheers,

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Bruce
Customer Service
www.webfarm.co.nz
www.freeparking.co.nz