On 2 Feb 2011 15:07, "Robert Heller" <[email protected]> wrote: > > At Wed, 2 Feb 2011 14:44:01 +0000 CentOS mailing list <[email protected]> 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 mounted that vdi as a > > secondary device on another VM, browsed the file system and delete > > /etc/shadow would this have wiped all users passwords meaning I could > > regain access again? > > No, it would not have. It would have resulted in NOONE having access. > > What you could have done is chroot to the secondary device on the other > VM and then simply reset the root password with the passwd command. >
Of course! Good idea, thanks. --James. (This email was sent from a mobile device)
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