## Recovering your Password

It's a bit difficult to maintain your system without having a password. If you do forget it, follow these instructions:

1. Open a shell.
2. In the shell, type

   `CD User:<Your_Name>`

3. Type

   `Type User.Data OPT H`

The first 12 characters will be your password.

## Recovering a Corrupted Account

If you accidentally corrupt your account data, you will have to create a new account. For this reason, we encourage you to investigate a good backup utility and hardware, and use them. Another possibility is to maintain a fallback account that you can use to enter the BBS with if your main account gets corrupted. Finally, you can use the MakeSysop program that is shipped as part of the installer disk. This program is what is used to create your initial account data when you install the BBS, and can be used in an emergency to give you an account again. Usage is:

       MakeSysop "Your Name" "Password"