also sprach Ethan Benson (on Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:40:50PM -0900):
> when you add password and put restricted in the image section lilo
> WILL NOT ask for a password UNLESS some twit is at the console trying
> to type linux init=/bin/sh. if you leave it alone it boots, no
> password required. if yo
On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 01:42:42AM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote:
> >
> > restricted
>
> ... in which case your system would not be remotely rebootable or
> couldn't recover itself from a kernel panic.
bzzzt rtfm.
when you add password and put restricted in the image section lilo
WILL NOT ask for a p
also sprach Ethan Benson (on Tue, 27 Feb 2001 03:42:58PM -0900):
> console access to any machine regardless of OS means root rights.
well, sure.
> don't set lilo's timeout to 0 that makes it a royal pain to recover
> the system if something goes wrong, you can't boot single user any
> more and
Boot single user mode?
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Daniel Ray wrote:
> he doesn't know what he did .. the system is on a
>video/mouse/keybroard switch box
>
>see it was my fault leaving the system login as root in the frist place ..
>
>since i am the only person that knows the system .. I didn't think
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 01:31:17PM -0500, MaD dUCK wrote:
>
> this is horrible and it basically means that console access to a linux
> machine means root rights. there are two steps that any system
console access to any machine regardless of OS means root rights.
> administrator should take IM
hi ya daniel...
- are you logged in as root on another console ( alt-F1, alt-F2, etc.. ?
guess reboot go into single user ( init 1 )
and change the passed
- am hoping it does NOT ask you for root passwd
to get into single user mode
if it does, use toms rootboot disk or l
Thanks, Mike worked like a charm
If you use lilo (or grub) :
if you normally boot by typing "linux"
type instead "linux init=/bin/bash" (or /bin/sh, /bin/tcsh the shell you
use/like)
it will do a minimal boot ( you don't have anything ) and a shell root.
Now do "passwd" and you should be able to type a new password without
supp
1. boot the system with a rescue floppy.
2. mount the root hard drive partition (assuming /etc doesn't have its own
partition).
3. edit /etc/shadow so that the first line has no text between the first and
second colons.
4. reboot. root now has no password.
pete
On Tue 27 Feb
also sprach Martin Marconcini (on Tue, 27 Feb 2001 02:49:25PM -0300):
> > ok .. i am a little new are retriving passwords with debian or anyh
> > flavor of linux My boss decided to play sysop while i was home sick
> > .. so how he changes the root password .. I have the machine here .. (
> > it do
reboot the machine. When lilo comes up, tap shift. your prompt should change
to LILO boot:
type linux init=/bin/sh
mount -o remount -o rw /dev/hda1 /(assuming your partition is hda1, of
course)
passwd
change your password now, it'll tell you it was changed successfully.
and reboot
you'l
he doesn't know what he did .. the system is on a
video/mouse/keybroard switch box
see it was my fault leaving the system login as root in the frist place ..
since i am the only person that knows the system .. I didn't think there
would have been a problem.
hind sight is 20/20
sorry for the
I guess it did not... ;)
-Original Message-
From: Mike Dresser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 2:04 PM
To: Daniel Ray
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Root Password problem
I'm assuming the "ask the boss for the new password" par
I'm assuming the "ask the boss for the new password" part hasn't worked?
Daniel Ray wrote:
> ok .. i am a little new are retriving passwords with debian or anyh
> flavor of linux My boss decided to play sysop while i was home sick
> .. so how he changes the root password .. I have the machine he
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