Unless the bootloader is password protected you could just boot into single user mode and change the password. Other than that, probably the easiest way would be to use a bootable linux distro (knoppix, linux toolkit, etc) and edit /etc/shadow (most linux distro's use shadow password files).
Garl > -----Original Message----- > From: Mr O [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 2:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [eug-lug]root RedHat > > > What's the quickest way to root a RedHat box? Boot off a rescue > CD or bootable distro and edit /etc/passwd? What do I change? Do > I change the values associated with root's password or can I > just simply reset the root and/or user passwords? > > Thanx. > > Mr O. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
