On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 at 10:48, dwen wrote:
>One of my servers is asking for root password for maintenance,
>unfortunately i forgot the password. Is there any other way to bypass
>that ?
Depending on what your distribution is (and how it is set up), you may be
able to get by without the need for a rescue boot disk. AFAIR, RedHat is
one distro where a "linux single" will get you all the way to the shell as
root. Debian, which I use now, still requires a password, though (which is
a great thing for me!).
Nontheless you will have a common goal: get access to the partition
containing /etc/passwd and/or /etc/shadow. Access the /etc/passwd or
/etc/shadow (depending on whether you've got shadow passwords enabled)
with your favorite text editor, and delete all the characters between the
first and second colons (:) of the line for the root user. Save. Reboot.
Login as root and you're in. Make sure you change your password (using
passwd) ... and remember it.
Good luck! :)
--> Jijo
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