RE: (PM) Power Outage and old password

Mark Radabaugh (mark@woodville.net)
Sat, 16 May 1998 19:54:58 -0400

It reverts to the last password that was saved with the 'save
all' command. Password changes that you make without doing a
'save all' are lost when the unit reboots.

Mark Radabaugh
Amplex Internet
support@amplex.net
(419) 833-3635

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-portmaster-users@livingston.com
> [mailto:owner-portmaster-users@livingston.com]On
> Behalf Of William P. J.
> Bressette
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 1998 7:16 PM
> To: PortMaster
> Subject: (PM) Power Outage and old password
>
>
> Hi there folks
>
> well I told the boss but it finally happened today a
> power outage and no UPS
> on any of the equipment.
>
> Lucky me everything came back up ok except for one
> portmaster which I had
> reconfigured about 6 weeks ago, it was working great
> and still is but after
> the power outage I had a little problem login on the
> check out the post
> master 2e I was starting to go batty, but then I tried
> some old passwords
> for the !root and voila I got in the password that I
> used was 3 changed old,
> anyone know why this happened?, could they tell me so
> I can fix the problem
> if there is one???? and I know get a UPS, but because
> everything came back
> up the boss won't spend the money....
>
> thanx in advance and help will be great
>

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