On 3 October 2014 08:07, Cameron Seay <cws...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi: > > I know how to reset the root password on an x86 machine using single user > mode. Is there a way to do that in Linux on VM? >
You can shutdown the guest and boot in single user mode by specifying the "1" on the kernel parameters: #CP IPL vdev PARM 1 Or you can shutdown and mount the disk on another server to change the /etc/shadow But root passwords are so 90's ... ;-) We did away with passwords at least 10 years ago: - have root automatically logged on at the console, so authentication with RACF is enough to access it - automated business approved processes with root access through managed secondary console with logging etc - warm bodies authenticate with PKI using a central LDAP store for public keys - root access through sudo (with logging) for selected users at each system as defined in LDAP Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
