Re: (PM) Power Outage and old password

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Sat, 16 May 1998 19:05:12 -0600

William P. J. Bressette uttered...

>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
>
Don't know about the password, but I know this for sure. Your boss is a
certified morron. Even a Low end UPS such as an APC for under 400 bucks
could insure that you don't destroy tens of thousands of dollars worth of
equitment. Next time you get an outage, tell him everything fried and is
going to have to be replaced. Your boss won't be in business very long
thinking like this.

jer

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