09-02-2010
Depends how they were "locked out". If it's just file permissions, you should be able to access anything as root. They may also be on a totally different partition. If it's anything else, you'll have to tell us what's going on, we can't see your computer from here.
Last edited by Corona688; 09-02-2010 at 05:56 PM..
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dialups
dialups(4) File Formats dialups(4)
NAME
dialups - list of terminal devices requiring a dial-up password
SYNOPSIS
/etc/dialups
DESCRIPTION
dialups is an ASCII file which contains a list of terminal devices that require a dial-up password. A dial-up password is an additional
password required of users who access the computer through a modem or dial-up port. The correct password must be entered before the user
is granted access to the computer. The set of ports that require a dial-up password are listed in the dialups file.
Each entry in the dialups file is a single line of the form:
terminal-device
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terminal-device The full path name of the terminal device that will require a dial-up password for users accessing the computer
through a modem or dial-up port.
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EXAMPLES
Example 1: A sample dialups file.
Here is a sample dialups file:
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FILES
/etc/d_passwd dial-up password file
/etc/dialups list of dial-up ports requiring dial-up passwords
SEE ALSO
d_passwd(4)
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