On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Alex Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> I have a laptop that was setup for a family member using a Zenwalk > install. The laptop doesn't have a functional CD reader and I don't have > the root password. I am able to easily pull the hard drive and mount it > as a USB external drive to my Ubuntu system. I can see the passwd and > shadow files and the lilo.conf file. Is there an easy way to edit the > shadow password file to set a good password for root? Or might it be > easier to modify the lilo.conf file to get into single user mode and set > a new password from there? > > The current root password line in the shadow password file is: > > root:$1$yDo/7BS7$y8McHMKPj3hTRnSl.HTrO/:13427:0::::: > > Can I just remove the string "$1$yDo/7BS7$y8McHMKPj3hTRnSl.HTrO/" to > edit out the password or do I need to replace it with something else? > > -Alex vi shadow :s/:1$yDo/7BS7$y8McHMKPj3hTRnSl.HTrO\/"/::/ :wq root now has no password....
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