Re: log on and password

To: Bill Worden <bworden@socket.net>
Cc: debian-project@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: log on and password
From: Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:13:59 +0200
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Bill Worden wrote:
> A friend of mine inherited a Hitachi VisionBook Plus 5000 notebook computer
> with Debian GNU/Linux (Infinity) installed.  Is there a "generic" Logon and
> password that will work with this?  The "correct" Logon and password are
> unknown.

There is no such thing.  Upon installation you are asked to provide a
root password and you are asked to create a user account.

The easiest way to get access to the installed system is by booting
a Knoppix variant and erasing the root password.

Regards,

	Joey

-- 
Long noun chains don't automatically imply security.  -- Bruce Schneier

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