On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 07:09:17PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 05:50:28PM -0500, dwain wrote:
> > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:16 PM, George <nutn...@comcast.net> wrote:
> > 

[snip]

> 
> A last resort would be:
> 
> 1.    physically disconnect the box from the network.
> 2.    boot a live CD

You could also boot with kernel option init=/bin/bash

> 3.    edit the password file to allow root login without a password
> 4.    reboot into the system and log in as root
> 5.    passwd as root and give yourself a root password.
> 6.    shutdown
> 7.    reconnect the box to the network.
> 8.    carry on as normal.
> 
> 

[snip]

> 
> Doug.
> 
> 

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