On Sat, Mar 08, 2003 at 04:41:36PM -0800, Carla Schroder wrote: > Well here's a good one, is there a way to get into a system when > you've lost the root password? Without a CD or boot floppy? Used to be > you could pass in "init=/bin/sh" from LILO, and work some /etc/shadow > magic. (like copy the hashed root password from a different system) > But GRUB is different... I just tried that from GRUB [selected the menu item hit 'e' to edit on the kernel line appened init=/bin/sh then 'b' to boot] hey-presto no flippin password needed! and there was me thinking my laptop was almost secure!!
how can i prevent this from working? [apart from bios password] hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
