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You forget the root password. You decide to reboot using a boot disk floppy. What do you need to do to recover the root password?

  1. Mount the main partition, edit the /etc/passwd file to remove the root password, reboot.
  2. Mount the root partition, edit the /etc/passwd file to remove the root password, reboot.
  3. Mount the main partition, edit the /tmp/passwd file to remove the root password, reboot
  4. Mount the root partition, edit the /etc/passwds file to remove the root password, reboot
  5. none of the above
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