Ok, I did something really dumb...
I changed the root passwd for a system I manage last week, but neglected
to write it down, and now what I *thought* I had changed it to isn't
working... I know, I know, really *really* dumb, but that's where I am...
I know I can boot into Single User mode, remount the root partition
read/write, and edit /etc/shadow (removing the encrypted passwd), then
rest it using passwd, but...
Some of the accounts in /etc/shadow have a '*' where the encrypted
passwd would be, and some have a '!'... (ie, one is sshd:!:... and
another is halt:*:...)
Does it matter what I change it to? Should I use a *, !, or nothing at
all (so that there is *nothing* between the two :: that would normally
contain the encrypted passwd)?
Thanks...
