By same token, if you have access to the actual machine you could also:
* Boot with a floppy and mount the HD, and edit it then, or do other nasty
stuff.
* Get out your leatherman super-tool, and take the HD home with you.
Set it up as another HD on your own system, mount the partition and
not need passwords.
> Boot into single user by typing "linux 1" at the lilo prompt, and
> edit the /etc/passwd file manually, taking out the root password. Reboot,
> log in as root with a blank pass, and change it.
>
> As a side note, seems like this should be fixed. This is a
> possible security problem, no? Debian, for example, still requires a root
> password to boot single user....
>
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> Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> MicroComputer Specialist University of Tulsa
> Engineering and Natural Sciences
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> "I don't remember yesterday. And today, it rained."
>
> On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, marc wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello all. I just returned from work, when I went to my linux box, I was
> > still logged in as a normal user from last night. I wanted to make some
> > config changes, so I tried to login as root. It keeps saying password
> > incorrect, even though I know my pass, and I know I didn't change it.
> > Could someone tell me how to change the root pass???? Please help me with
> > this, this sucks!!! =]
> >
> > Thanks for your time!
> >
> > marc
> >
> >
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