Yeah.... that would prettymuch do it, but surely redscat uses shadow passwords... just edit the /etc/shadow, (and or /etc/password) and remove the encrypted password portion of the root entry. then login as root (hit enter for password) then type passwd (at the console)to setup a new password.
Jamie Mr O [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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
