What your options are depends on how securely the system was set up in the
first place. I'll skip several intermediate methods, since competent
security will make them not work, to go right to the reliable one -- you
need a rescue disk.
Many distributions have boot disks that also serve as rescue disks. You
don't say which Linux distribution you are using, so I can't be more
specific than to suggest you track it down and see what it has to offer.
Also, some general-purpose rescue disks -- tomsrtbt is pretty much king of
this hill, but there are others -- also exist.
Take a look at metalab's archive, in one of these spots:
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/recovery/
At 04:36 PM 8/13/00 -0700, Dan Bentson-Royal wrote:
>I have been enjoying the use of my Linux box that a student setup. That
>student is now gone and the root password is no longer being accepted.
>What's my next step? I can't seem to locate any kind of emergency boot disk
>either!
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------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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