
              NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              BINDKILL
DOCUMENT ID:        TID000618
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               09AUG93
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         BINKIL.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NetWare 3.11

ABSTRACT:
BINDKILL is a program designed to allow you to login to a file server as
supervisor without knowing the supervisor password.  BINDKILL will rename
the current bindery files to *.OLD files.  When the server is re-booted,
new bindery files without passwords will be created.  To restore the
bindery you can simply run the BINDREST program.  BINDKILL will work with
machines using the following disk drivers: ATDISK, ISADISK, SCSI, ESDI,
MFM.
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NOVELL MAKES EVERY EFFORT WITHIN ITS MEANS TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. 
HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION
ONLY.  NOVELL MAKES NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED CLAIMS TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS
INFORMATION.
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Self-Extracting File Name:  BINKIL.EXE

Files Included     Size     Date        Time

  BINKIL.TXT          (This File)
BINDKILL.EXE     114005    5-09-88      3:56p
BINDREST.COM       8004    4-04-86      8:55a


BINDKILL is a program designed to allow you to login to a file server as
supervisor without knowing the supervisor password.  BINDKILL will rename
the current bindery files to *.OLD files.  When the server is re-booted,
new bindery files without passwords will be created.  To restore the
bindery you can simply run the BINDREST program.  BINDKILL will work with
machines using the following disk drivers: ATDISK, ISADISK, SCSI, ESDI,
MFM.

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                                  WARNING!

ANYONE HAVING PHYSICAL ACCESS TO THE FILE SERVER CAN RUN THIS PROGRAM AND
COMPLETELY CIRCUMVENT THE SECURITY OF THE FILE SERVER. THIS UTILITY SHOULD
ONLY BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THOSE AUTHORIZED TO DO MAINTENANCE ON THE FILE
SERVER!!!
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To implement BINDKILL:

1)    Down the file server.

2)    Re-boot the file server to DOS without loading NetWare.

3)    Run BINDKILL on the file server machine.

4)    Re-boot the file server.

5)    Login as supervisor (no password is required).

To restore the bindery files to their previous condition:

1)    Run SHOWFILE to un-hide the old bindery files by typing: SHOWFILE
*.OLD

2)    Run BINDREST.

