Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-03 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi James, On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 14:44 +, James Bensley wrote: > So on a virtual server the root password was no longer working (as in > I couldn't ssh in anymore). Any chance PermitRootLogin is set to "no" in /etc/ssh/sshd_config? Regards, Leonard. -- mount -t life -o ro /dev/dna /genetic/

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-03 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Rafa Grimán wrote: > On Thursday 03 February 2011 20:42 Robert Heller wrote >> At Thu, 3 Feb 2011 20:12:17 +0100 CentOS mailing list > wrote: >> > Hi :) >> > >> > On Thursday 03 February 2011 14:59 Giles Coochey wrote >> > >> > > On 03/02/2011 14:40, Rafa Griman wr

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-03 Thread Always Learning
On Thu, 2011-02-03 at 14:42 -0500, Robert Heller wrote: > At Thu, 3 Feb 2011 20:12:17 +0100 CentOS mailing list > wrote: > > > > Yes, but S|Single|1 asks for root password to login ... > > And he doesn't have the root password ;) > RedHat / RHEL / CentOS does not do that! At least never on an

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-03 Thread Rafa Grimán
Hey !!! On Thursday 03 February 2011 20:42 Robert Heller wrote > At Thu, 3 Feb 2011 20:12:17 +0100 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Hi :) > > > > On Thursday 03 February 2011 14:59 Giles Coochey wrote > > > > > On 03/02/2011 14:40, Rafa Griman wrote: > > > > Hi :) > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 2,

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-03 Thread m . roth
Rafa Grimán wrote: > On Thursday 03 February 2011 14:59 Giles Coochey wrote >> On 03/02/2011 14:40, Rafa Griman wrote: >> > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:44 PM, James Bensley >> wrote: >> >> So on a virtual server the root password was no longer working (as in >> >> I couldn't ssh in anymore). Only I a

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-03 Thread Robert Heller
At Thu, 3 Feb 2011 20:12:17 +0100 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Hi :) > > On Thursday 03 February 2011 14:59 Giles Coochey wrote > > On 03/02/2011 14:40, Rafa Griman wrote: > > > Hi :) > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:44 PM, James Bensley wrote: > > >> So on a virtual server the root pas

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-03 Thread Rafa Grimán
Hi :) On Thursday 03 February 2011 14:59 Giles Coochey wrote > On 03/02/2011 14:40, Rafa Griman wrote: > > Hi :) > > > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:44 PM, James Bensley wrote: > >> So on a virtual server the root password was no longer working (as in > >> I couldn't ssh in anymore). Only I and one

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-03 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:35 AM, wrote: > > Well, if you could get on the system at all, and had sudo privileges, no > problem. Well, the point was actually if you did not have sudo access to change the password, what else could you do. I.e., you had sudo to edit a particular file or do someth

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-03 Thread Giles Coochey
On 03/02/2011 14:40, Rafa Griman wrote: Hi :) On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:44 PM, James Bensley wrote: So on a virtual server the root password was no longer working (as in I couldn't ssh in anymore). Only I and one other know it and neither of us have changed it. No other account had the correct

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-03 Thread Rafa Griman
Hi :) On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 3:44 PM, James Bensley wrote: > So on a virtual server the root password was no longer working (as in > I couldn't ssh in anymore). Only I and one other know it and neither > of us have changed it. No other account had the correct privileges to > correct this so I'm w

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-03 Thread James Bensley
On 2 Feb 2011 16:36, wrote: > > Well, if you could get on the system at all, and had sudo privileges, no > problem. > > mark No sudo priv's, remote VM so ssh only to a stanard user not in sudoers. --James. (This email was sent from a mobile device)

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-03 Thread James Bensley
On 2 Feb 2011 15:07, "Robert Heller" wrote: > > At Wed, 2 Feb 2011 14:44:01 + CentOS mailing list wrote: > > > > > So on a virtual server the root password was no longer working (as in > > I couldn't ssh in anymore). Only I and one other know it and neither > > of us have changed it. No other

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-03 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:44 AM, James Bensley wrote: > So on a virtual server the root password was no longer working (as in > I couldn't ssh in anymore). Only I and one other know it and neither > of us have changed it. No other account had the correct privileges to > correct this so I'm wonderin

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-02 Thread m . roth
Kwan Lowe wrote: > On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:44 AM, James Bensley wrote: >> So on a virtual server the root password was no longer working (as in >> I couldn't ssh in anymore). Only I and one other know it and neither >> of us have changed it. No other account had the correct privileges to > Anyho

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-02 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:44 AM, James Bensley wrote: > So on a virtual server the root password was no longer working (as in > I couldn't ssh in anymore). Only I and one other know it and neither > of us have changed it. No other account had the correct privileges to > correct this so I'm wonderin

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-02 Thread Robert Heller
At Wed, 2 Feb 2011 14:44:01 + CentOS mailing list wrote: > > So on a virtual server the root password was no longer working (as in > I couldn't ssh in anymore). Only I and one other know it and neither > of us have changed it. No other account had the correct privileges to > correct this so

Re: [CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-02 Thread Giles Coochey
On 02/02/2011 15:44, James Bensley wrote: So on a virtual server the root password was no longer working (as in I couldn't ssh in anymore). Only I and one other know it and neither of us have changed it. No other account had the correct privileges to correct this so I'm wondering, if I had mounte

[CentOS] Lost root access

2011-02-02 Thread James Bensley
So on a virtual server the root password was no longer working (as in I couldn't ssh in anymore). Only I and one other know it and neither of us have changed it. No other account had the correct privileges to correct this so I'm wondering, if I had mounted that vdi as a secondary device on another