> Hi OSS10 friends, > > Im new to the list. Also, a newby to OSS10 here (and Linux since > January). I just installed the OSS10 x86_64-GM on a new machine (looks > great). Kick my butt, but I was'nt concentrating and forgot the root > passwd. > > No problem, I booted with the setup CD1 and went into Rescue > system and > did as many times before the editing of passwd and shadow. This time > with OSS10 (as in SuSE 9.3 I noticed as well), when rebooting > and going > into shell as normal user, the 'su' did not prompt for a password as > before (which was just an 'enter'). The message 'su: > incorrect password' > was delivered immediately after su was entered. Has this 'local > vulnerability' been closed? It was quite useful! What now?
Why you do not set a new root password in the rescue mode? > Booted 'Rescue' > logged in as 'root' (no password reqd for rescue system, OK). > > mkdir /sda3 > mount /dev/sda3 /sda3 cd /sda3 chroot . passwd root exit reboot Hope that will help. Stephan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
