> Sorry but now I have not the root password , this is one of the most
> important servers in this university. 
> 
> What can I do , please quickly !!!

Reboot with

boot: linux single

at LILO prompt. Then at the bash# shell type

passwd

to change the root passwd.

Or use a boot disk for the same effect. Just mount your root parition and
run passwd, as above.

mk

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 It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be
 mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist
 in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in
 professing to believe what one does not believe.
         Tom Paine (The Age of Reason)
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Martin Krzywinski
System Administrator
Genome Sequence Center
BC Cancer Agency
600 West 10th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6
tel: (604) 877-6086
fax: (604) 877-6085
http://www.cigenomics.bc.ca



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