easiest way to recover root password: boot with rescue disk mount root partition edit /etc/shadow remove the password for root in /etc/shadow (remove it in /etc/shadow- too just incase) reboot into normal mode set a new root password
works fine on linux and also works on IRIX ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Linux System Administrator http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- [ please send replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or i may miss 'em! ] On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Seth R Arnold wrote: > I haven't tried this myself... but, I seem to recall that if you pass linux > "single" on the boot line (at the lilo prompt, etc..) it will boot into a > single-user mode; within that you should be able to "passwd root". > > If you have shadowpasswords installed, getting a crack to work will be very > difficult -- you need root access to get at that file, and the setuid root > programs are generally not so poorly programmed that they will give away > /etc/shadow so easily. > > hth > > On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 01:36:19PM +0800, Lyle Hart wrote: > > Does anyone know what to do if you don't know the root password. Is there > > any third party software that can crack it, or do I have to reinstall Debian > > 2.1 > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- > Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ > Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help > Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into > your ~/.signature to help me spread! > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
