Re: Opps...

[Jon Gaudette]

This is great and all for in this case, when you forget your password, but what about the security implications of this?  Can't just "any ol' user" do this and gain root privledges?

-Jon

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Boot the box into single user mode
edit the /etc/passwd file and take out the root passwd
reboot the box in regular mode
login as root with no passwd
change the root passwd

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002, Rodney Fulk wrote:

  

Argh!

I seem to have forgotten my root password...
Is there a way to change it by using the rh 7.2 boot CD?
Or what would be my next best try?

I can log on with another user but they do not have root access.. :(



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