This may sound really off the wall, but what is ZZSA's opinion of zLinux DASD? Could it be used to "zap" the root password?
Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of > Mark Post > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 10:34 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Root Password > > >>> On 2/23/2009 at 1:07 PM, Jack Woehr <j...@well.com> wrote: > -snip- > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/forgot- > password-suse-lin > > ux-10-434891/ > > > > "And there's also the (easiest) option of booting with > "init=/bin/bash" > > which lets you become root ..." > > I'm pretty sure that option wasn't available that far back. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 > or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390