** Reply to message from Franki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 18 Feb 2001 23:26:33 +0800 > can't you just log in as single user and give a new pass word? it used to > work in RedHAt 6.2 Where did you put the new password in RH6.2? /etc/password or /etc/shadow? The passwords in /etc/shadow are encrypted. If shadow passwords are used, the /etc/password file does not contain the password, they are stored in /etc/shadow. Like someone else pointed out, you need to boot from CD into single user mode and mount your root partition in order to gain access to the file. John LeMay Jr. Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC, LLC. [tag] Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.
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