What a scary thread this is. I never realized it could be so easy to
take control of someone's Linux box. Or did I miss a key element of the
discussion? Why even have a password at all?
On 19 Feb 2001 01:30:43 +0800, Franki wrote:
>
> actually, just going in and typing "passwd root" and entering a new one
> should work fine too, it will overwrite the one that is there now,, that I
> did many times in RH6.2 also.
>
>
> hope this helps.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen Carville
> Sent: Monday, 19 February 2001 1:28 AM
> To: Mandrake Expert
> Subject: Re: [expert] Root Password
>
>
> On Sun, 18 Feb 2001, John J. LeMay Jr. wrote:
>
> - ** Reply to message from Kuldeep Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 18
> Feb
> - 2001 15:10:09 +0530
> -
> -
> - > I forgot the password of root
> -
> - I haven't tried this, but I think you can delete the password from
> /etc/shadow
> - (assuming you are using shadow passwords) and root will need to enter a
> new
> - password next time you login with that id.
>
> Type 'linux 1' (or 'linux single') at the lilo prompt. This drops you to
> single user mode with root privileges. From there edit /etc/shadow and
> delete the password for root. Make sure you delete the whole hash and
> have nothing between the colons. It should look something like:
>
> root::11342:0:99999:7:::
>
> Reboot or type 'init 3'. You should now be able to login as root with no
> password. Change the root password.
>
> Set up sudo to make it easier in the future.
>
> --
> --Stephen Carville
> http://www.heronforge.net/~stephen/gnupgkey.txt
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> failed to solve any of society's problems, the solution was to burn more
> young women.
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