The general solution is to boot the system with a rescue disk or boot
floppy, and either edit out the root password from /etc/passwd or
/etc/shadow, or to issue a new password.
Which you choose depends on whether you're trying to get into a system
you own or crack one you don't, while leaving the system in its initial
state...
On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 09:01:22AM +1200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hiya
>
> i have a laptop i got from work which has Red Hat on it... i know this is a
> debian news-group but the question is not linux specific....
>
> How can i reset the root password. I do not want to have to reinstall to
> gain control of this system. I know a couple of logons on the system but i
> do not have root.
>
> I heard something about rebooting and holding down the shift/ctrl keys...
> I did that and it stopped at the lilo prompt...when i didn't enter anything
> it just loaded up as per normal.
>
> At the lilo prompt is there a way to load up linux in a different init
> state. Perhaps that is what needs to be done.
>
> Thanx
>
> Zane
>
>
>
> --
> Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
>
--
Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com)
What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
Scope out Scoop: http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/
Nothin' rusty about Kuro5hin: http://www.kuro5hin.org/
