This backdoor is closed in SUSE, but, at grub, enter "init=/bin/bash" and you get the same.
"Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" -- Robert Frost On 13 August 2010 11:15, roy mukasa <[email protected]> wrote: > thanx Ronald. > > On 13 August 2010 11:13, Muwonge Ronald <[email protected]> wrote: > > Next time Assumption 1 cdrom was dead and Assumption 2 no live cd :-) > > > > Fedora/redhat/Centos etc has a backdoor > > in grub type linux single and press b > > and you will get a root prompt # > > type passwd and you'r done ;-) > > b again n try > > > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:47 PM, roy mukasa <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hey guys hope you are all well. Ok i have a quick on. Does anyone know > >> how to change the root password using a live cd? I have a machine > >> running Fedora 7 (moonshine) and i want to use a suse 11.2 live cd to > >> reset the password through system rescue. Does anyone know the command > >> to do so. Thanks in advance. > >> > >> regards > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Roy Mukasa > >> MUK FCIT > >> +256794291110 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >> > >> LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >> > >> All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. > >> --------------------------------------- > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > All Archives can be found at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > -- > Roy Mukasa > MUK FCIT > +256794291110 > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > All Archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > >
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