Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Instead of loading init, bash is loaded, giving you a root shell.
> Mount the root file system read/write, run passwd, then reboot.
Couldn't this break the filesystem?
Isn't a sync or remount as read-only needed?
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On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 11:42:44AM -0400, Carl Mummert wrote:
> Get 'tom's unix on a floppy' or any other linux boot disk. The debian
> rescue disk may work, but I never use ti so I don't know.
>
> Boot that floppy in your machine, and mount the partition of your
> hard disk that contains /etc on
it to what's stored in
/etc/{shadow,passwd} or elsewhere (that's assuming you're not using any
password servers, one-time passwords etc.).
> for my machine. I lost the root password, but I still have access to the
> machine as a different user.
Do you have physical acce
You probably can't derive the root password from info on your
system (if you could, then it would be easy to break in...)
But you can get around it as long as you have physical access to the machine.
Get 'tom's unix on a floppy' or any other linux boot disk. The debian
rescue disk may work, but
I need to know whether there are any methods of finding the root password
for my machine. I lost the root password, but I still have access to the
machine as a different user.
Thanks!
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