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Re:It was Bill Joy's password, not Ken Thompson's, that had ... by dredmorbius on Thursday October 24, 2019 @12:47PM (#21346383)
"shutdown" or "reboot" as a UID=0 user with shell set to "/sbin/shutdown" or "/sbin/reboot" and a specific password is still occasionally found. Log in as that to shut down or reboot system.
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