Re: Forgotten root password HELP using shadow passwords

1999-08-31 Thread Patrick Kirk 
 Assuming you're not using shadow passwords, you'll need to boot from the

Thanks for the reply.

I am using shadow passwords.  Does that mean I'm unable to do as you
suggest?

Patrick

Re: Forgotten root password HELP using shadow passwords

1999-08-31 Thread Brian Servis 
*- On 31 Aug, Patrick Kirk wrote about Re: Forgotten root password HELP using 
shadow passwords
 Assuming you're not using shadow passwords, you'll need to boot from the
 
 Thanks for the reply.
 
 I am using shadow passwords.  Does that mean I'm unable to do as you
 suggest?
 

In that case do the same procedure except modify etc/shadow and empty
out the second field.

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Brian 
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